what's so bad about magical-realism?

posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 09:49am on 12/04/2008
Nothing per se (though I personally find a lot of it tedious) - I used to read a lot of S. American m-r lit. And nothing wrong with Sci Fi - at least soft SF; I tend to dislike the stuff with too much pseudo-science and idiot names for everyone. I'm currently re-reading my way through the entire back catalogue of EDAs (Eighth Doctor Adventures). I have to say, anything with elves leaves me colder than an arse at an Arctic picnic.

Never thought I'd write anything so consciously 'magical' though. It's probably bollocks. (o:
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Re: what's so bad about magical-realism?

posted by [identity profile] snycock.livejournal.com at 02:32pm on 12/04/2008
I used to read a lot of S. American m-r lit

Ah, I see what you mean, like Isabel Allende and The House of the Spirits? I read that, too, and didn't love it. Tedious is a good word. And I struggled through about half of One Hundred Years of Solitude before I gave up (although that was a long time ago, when I was in high school; maybe I'd like it better, now). But I don't feel like that genre has a lot in common with the fantasy stuff that I like.

I have to say, anything with elves leaves me colder than an arse at an Arctic picnic.

::snort:: Too much Tolkien, eh?

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