tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post6209147222202447853..comments2022-02-09T03:06:58.862-08:00Comments on KL's Writing FAQ's: The most important rule for writing science fiction #SFWAproKathryn (KL) Lancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01801435890997786332noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-5315345321430481102016-01-21T10:08:44.036-08:002016-01-21T10:08:44.036-08:00And that is exactly why I've never been too cr...And that is exactly why I've never been too crazy about fantasy, even that of Tolkien. As a kid I loved fairy tales, but my older mind (starting in about sixth grade) seemed to crave something more rigorous and... well, believable.Kathryn (KL) Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801435890997786332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-8254814625301606382016-01-21T09:37:13.000-08:002016-01-21T09:37:13.000-08:00Exactly why Tolkien was appalled by his friend C. ...Exactly why Tolkien was appalled by his friend C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. He just threw together a whole bunch of disparate mythical/fantasy/fairy tale characters. No rhyme or reason. Hey, it's fantasy! Everyone in the pool!ghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05488846601991811827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-84596511623072940392016-01-20T10:42:14.587-08:002016-01-20T10:42:14.587-08:00You are right, of course; I was trying to make the...You are right, of course; I was trying to make the point that sf is not really "anything goes," as so many people think. You can't, for example, have pixies and space ships in the same story unless you can come up with a plausible reason for pixies to exist.Kathryn (KL) Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801435890997786332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-406419060193144228.post-37547358012407654042016-01-20T10:11:59.235-08:002016-01-20T10:11:59.235-08:00True enough. Sci-fi can encompass any other form o...True enough. Sci-fi can encompass any other form of fiction, yet is not dependent on them. All that matters is internal cosmological consistency, though I could argue that consistency is also true of other fiction genre: historical consistency, psychological consistently within characters, factual consistency in detective fiction, etc.ghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05488846601991811827noreply@blogger.com