I want to be surprised by the bumps along the road.
There's nothing I love better than plot twists that manage to surprise me. I've been steeped in stories my whole life, so seeing things coming is an occupational hazard.
Someone once said that the main difference between most sci-fi and fantasy could be explained by how the characters move through a wall. In sci-fi, someone waves a technological device that rearranges the molecules of either the wall or the character so they can pass through each other, while in fantasy, someone waves a magic wand to accomplish the same thing. *g* It's a little simplistic, perhaps, but it generally works for the kinds of sci-fi and fantasy I like. I like fantasy that reads a lot more like sci-fi in that it still has rules--it's just set in a world with different rules.
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Date: 2008-05-22 04:20 pm (UTC)From:There's nothing I love better than plot twists that manage to surprise me. I've been steeped in stories my whole life, so seeing things coming is an occupational hazard.
Someone once said that the main difference between most sci-fi and fantasy could be explained by how the characters move through a wall. In sci-fi, someone waves a technological device that rearranges the molecules of either the wall or the character so they can pass through each other, while in fantasy, someone waves a magic wand to accomplish the same thing. *g* It's a little simplistic, perhaps, but it generally works for the kinds of sci-fi and fantasy I like. I like fantasy that reads a lot more like sci-fi in that it still has rules--it's just set in a world with different rules.