Weigh in Wednesday is a meme started by Lauren over at Epilogue. Each week participants weigh in on a certain topic and give their opinions.
This week:
Contempoary vs. Fantasy
My answer:
Fantasy
hands down.
The
problem with contemporary, for me, is that the author is limited by the rules
of the real world. There’s only so much you can do with a teen experiencing
high school life, or an adult building up a relationship. The thing is, I live
in this real world so a lot of the time I’ve seen or had similar experiences to
what’s unfolding in the story.
Now
fantasy, on the other hand, allows the author’s imagination to go wild. I have
to admit that I prefer second world fantasy where the author invents their own
world rather than using ours: that way even if I can relate to some of the
experiences, others will be completely new and take me on a wild ride. Also, I
love seeing what sort of societies the authors come up with. The author can
have whatever political regime they want. They can have whatever mystical
creatures tickle their fancy. They can include magic or snub it in favour of
war between humanoids. Basically, with fantasy, the author can do whatever they
want so long as they follow their own rules set out in their world building. If
an author breaks their own rules I am very unforgiving.
Still,
fantasy in all its forms is my favourite genre and has been ever since I can
remember.
For me it's contemporary. I always like to learn about what happened to people outside 'my world' and 'my era'. But I still read fantasy too sometimes, just for refreshing.
ReplyDeleteMy WiW: http://klasikfanda.blogspot.com/2012/05/weigh-in-wednesday-2-contemporary-vs.html
Fantasy hands down but you can read my longer response at WIW Happy Reading!
ReplyDeleteI love all those things about fantasy too. Great world building is so much fun to read. But I love contemporaries too...:)
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Well said Rea!
ReplyDeleteNice!! NO boundaries!!!! I like it! Have you read The Girl of Fire & Thorns?
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