I would like to say overall, I really liked this book. Link does an awesome job incorporating our world into the realm of possibilities of her world. Her language and the story, even if it is set in the past, makes these "modern" fantasy tales easier to read, and I think, easier to understand and really believe are possible.
On that note, I will lead the discussion tomorrow on "The Surfer." I really liked that this story gives off so much more of a Sci-Fi feel, and is one of those awesome examples of the blurring of the line between fantasy and sci-fi. It is believable because we have already had some experience with bad diseases breaking out and the quarantine scenes that may be in our future, but incorporating the aliens into this story takes it to another level. I love how she addresses the religious cult following of the guy, and the reality of him getting ill and dying. And then explores religion, as he almost becomes a god, but admits what an unlikely god he is.
More tomorrow!
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The surfer wasn't ever scary to me but I do get nervous about biological warfare and global pandemics. I feel that just as we are always advancing so are diseases like staph, which has already become resistant to many of our anti biotics, and it's only a matter of time before a disease either evovles or is created that we can't cure immediately.
I would agree with Matt that The Surfer was missing a the Dark piece of Dark Fantasy. While I am generally in favor of scifi mixin plots, this one left me a little cold. I guess that it just is not interesting in comparison to the others.
I would agree with Matt that The Surfer was missing a the Dark piece of Dark Fantasy. While I am generally in favor of scifi mixin plots, this one left me a little cold. I guess that it just is not interesting in comparison to the others.
Hi from 2020...
During a global pandemic...
“and the quarantine scenes that may be in our future“
Yep
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