ysabel, a cranky musing on (high) fantasy

[mimesere]

read ysabel. was somewhat disappointed, though two of my all time favorite characters from another of GGK's books show up.

Unrelatedly:

now I am all grumpy, though, because dammit, I'm *tired* of reading the same old fantasy novel over and over and over again. Kingkillers, amazing prodigious boy-children(-of-prophecy), darkness to shadow the world, elves/fae, amazing never-before-seen-uses-of-magic, orcs/trolls as the armies of darkness, cruel beautiful women.

just. seriously. there's NOTHING ELSE to be done in high fantasy now? REALLY?

Also, whatever happened to WRITING A GODDAMN NOVEL? WHY IS IT ALL TRILOGIES AND SERIES AND WHATNOT? TELL A GODDAMN STORY AND HAVE DONE.

eta: totally unrelatedly - a CCI 2008 update - 4 day and Saturday is totally sold out, Friday is almost sold out, Thursday is getting there, and Sunday is lagging behind. They all sold out last year and look well on their way to selling out this year.

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[fox1013.livejournal.com]

*nudges*

You know what's not cranky-making like high fantasy?

circus freaks.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Yay circus freaks!

*adores*

[fox1013.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, it occurs to me that if you weren't living in our heads/cell phones, these comments might seem like non sequiturs.

WEIRD.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Pfft. Don't be silly. The whole world is just something we made up.

*burrows*