Nimea
February 18th, 2005, 05:39 PM
German translation - good to hear. :)
I don't like the term 'Tolkien-clone-like' either. I like a lot of things about Tolkien, and I don't think that a fantastical book gets to be important just because it isn't reminiscent of Tolkien. I would like books to be judged on their own merits - whatever the judgement may end up being!
Yes, exaclty.
Just to be clear on this: with 'distinctly different from anything Tolkien-clone-like' I didn't want to say that your book is important 'just' because it isn't reminiscent. I think over the last two or three years the complaints about the 'Tolkien-clones' might have been over the top but also gave an opportunity for different books. Or it might just have been a natural developement of the market anyway and the complaints and the 'other' books just happened to happen at about the same moment . . . Don't really know.
(Am not even sure if I just really wrote what I wanted to say, either.)
Plotting is not one of my best points, I have to admit. I guess I'm not that interested in plot - although I am interested in narrative, which I see as being distinct from plot. Still, plotting is something that I hope to eventually get better at.
Yes, this is the interesting thing about The Etched City and why I definitely want to read more of your work to come. To see where this goes. :)
I don't like the term 'Tolkien-clone-like' either. I like a lot of things about Tolkien, and I don't think that a fantastical book gets to be important just because it isn't reminiscent of Tolkien. I would like books to be judged on their own merits - whatever the judgement may end up being!
Yes, exaclty.
Just to be clear on this: with 'distinctly different from anything Tolkien-clone-like' I didn't want to say that your book is important 'just' because it isn't reminiscent. I think over the last two or three years the complaints about the 'Tolkien-clones' might have been over the top but also gave an opportunity for different books. Or it might just have been a natural developement of the market anyway and the complaints and the 'other' books just happened to happen at about the same moment . . . Don't really know.
(Am not even sure if I just really wrote what I wanted to say, either.)
Plotting is not one of my best points, I have to admit. I guess I'm not that interested in plot - although I am interested in narrative, which I see as being distinct from plot. Still, plotting is something that I hope to eventually get better at.
Yes, this is the interesting thing about The Etched City and why I definitely want to read more of your work to come. To see where this goes. :)

