tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post3315888216518038853..comments2023-10-21T07:45:44.140-07:00Comments on JimFear138 Audio Productions: You Seem Upset...JimFear138http://www.blogger.com/profile/15432837450993153064noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-78154683693646922862018-01-20T05:53:05.273-08:002018-01-20T05:53:05.273-08:00Of coursecthey're problematic the perpetuate r...Of coursecthey're problematic the perpetuate rigid gender stereotypes heternormatakity bourgeois white virtues that marginalize alternative value systems and the rest of the repetitive magical <br />Fun.must.be.banushed.if.it.doesn't.serve. the.marrative(c)<br /><br /><br />xavierxavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924047562026242210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-40854678365685050732018-01-19T13:46:18.770-08:002018-01-19T13:46:18.770-08:00You might find this review about Laird Barron'...You might find this review about Laird Barron's writing by S. T. Joshi interesting:<br /><br />http://stjoshi.org/review_barron.htmlKevin L. O'Brienhttp://www.kevinlobrien.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-47816938367920599232018-01-18T04:48:51.448-08:002018-01-18T04:48:51.448-08:00You wasted too much time and wordage on a complete...You wasted too much time and wordage on a complete tool. The guy used the word "problematic" about imaginary fantasy characters. Alexandru Constantinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243872467099142021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-59589300980256042412018-01-17T15:39:11.194-08:002018-01-17T15:39:11.194-08:00I think it's absolutely hilarious that the peo...I think it's absolutely hilarious that the people pretending that their fiction is nuanced and more evolved than the dusty old tomes of Howard, Vance, Burroughs, and Leiber are the ones actually seeing things in black and white terms!<br /><br />If only they had any understanding of morality!Jim Fearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428223329362056174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-58857207484594873702018-01-17T15:30:09.866-08:002018-01-17T15:30:09.866-08:00I wish I was lying when I said that TWILIGHT held ...I wish I was lying when I said that TWILIGHT held my interest for longer than GoT did. Yes, that Twilight. :V<br />I honestly need to read the Tarzan books, but on the real Pellucidar is calling my name!Jim Fearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428223329362056174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-7221750362863487712018-01-17T15:29:05.163-08:002018-01-17T15:29:05.163-08:00It is utterly amazing that these new traditions te...It is utterly amazing that these new traditions tend to follow in the footsteps of a 50 year old anthology (Dangerous Visions) and a 150 year old literary philosophy (Realism) artistically and into poverty.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308478013021594958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-21100686548183391272018-01-17T15:25:48.999-08:002018-01-17T15:25:48.999-08:00I appear to have gone into the business of picking...I appear to have gone into the business of picking on the retarded kids. Jim Fearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428223329362056174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-67600715165712792612018-01-17T12:48:40.534-08:002018-01-17T12:48:40.534-08:00"I like to think I was up front about that at..."I like to think I was up front about that at the start..."<br /><br />Go easy on the guy, Laird clearly has a really hard time with reading comprehension.JonMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07705424889025942210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-51777988119319255822018-01-17T12:37:16.460-08:002018-01-17T12:37:16.460-08:00MegaBusterShepard here...
At least Vance, Howard,...MegaBusterShepard here...<br /><br />At least Vance, Howard, Burroughs, Wayne and Lieber are fun. I've read modern drek known as current day sff. It all sucks. I'd rather not pay 7.99$ to read moral relativism or nihilistic crap dressed up in the trappings of genres that are supposed to inspire and create a sense of wonder.<br /><br />Fantasy is supposed to represent our cultural love of myths, history and heroism. Not be a six book series for Martin to push his sick, twisted incest fetishes amid protagonists that make Elric of Melinbone look like a fucking saint with how they act. I threw that shit in the trash where it belongs and picked up Tarzan and never looked back.<br /><br />George R.R. Martin isn't fit to lick the boots of Edgar Rice Burroughs, he is that far out of his league. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736129185935358578.post-29235351303605034472018-01-17T09:46:36.091-08:002018-01-17T09:46:36.091-08:00Sword and Sorcery was written in a time when peopl...Sword and Sorcery was written in a time when people believed in good and evil. It only stands to reason that people obsessed with grey mush and "grey areas" as well as subversive storytelling would see the genre in such, ironically, black and white terms as "everyone being pricks" without any clear morality.<br /><br />The good guys in S&S are always better than the villains by virtue of the fact that they're attempting good while the other side is attempting evil. The character being morally flawed is inconsequential since in the story itself they have risen above themselves to be the better person or another who has lowered themselves to be the worse one.<br /><br />I don't think you can write S&S or pulp with a post-modern mindset because you tend to miss the basic undercurrents of morality underneath it.<br /><br />You also have to write sharper and shorter stories which few modern authors appear willing to try.JD Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548340507655076198noreply@blogger.com