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[electricland]

Is your fantasy novel a derivative piece of crap?

An important quiz for just about anyone. Via bookslut.

Yes, I'm copy editing. Shush.

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[life-on-queen.livejournal.com]

I scraped through that one by the skin of my teeth. Only by taking the questions on feminism extremely literally. And luckily, my hero is a woman, so the questions about your hero and unattainable women didn't apply. Because there is a character that wants a woman he doesn't think he can have but gets her in the end. Of course, Rosalyn doesn't get the unattainable guy she wants and, yeah, NO ELVES. Say it with me. NO ELVES.

God, I'm tired.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

No elves.

I thought the stuff on swords was interesting too.

And the more I learn, the gladder I am that I've never tried to read Robert Jordan...

[life-on-queen.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I was wrong about hay baler's, btw. Unless the purpose of the question was to establish that bales of hay don't belong in fantasy novels, which I already knew. And I was almost tripped up by plate mail. *facepalm*

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

I was going to point out that #33 was very funny, especially when paired with the previous two questions. Bwahahah, there's a poke in the eye! I wonder how his "fans" manage to keep going on, because I finally quit reading after, what, the 9th or 10th book? with no end in sight? because he can't. shut. up. Especially when going into inordinate detail about everything, including all that damnable hair-tugging, eyebrow-lifting, sniffing in derision, snorting, and other irritating habits and ticks all of his female characters have. His characters are all blithering idiots who couldn't think themselves through simple addition without a head toss or coin flip.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Egads! That sounds incredibly painful.

Whenever I think of Robert Jordan I'm reminded of my best friend from high school, with whom I've since lost touch. Every time a new book of his came out she would have to reread all the preceding ones because she'd completely lost track, and she usually got bogged down before the end. (I graduated from high school 14 years ago. He's STILL NOT FINISHED?)

BTW, whatever became of Patricia Keneally(-Morrison)? Speaking of trilogies and docecahilogies (sp?) you plan out years in advance.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Dodecahilogies. Dammit.

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I'm not sure what's happened with Ms. Kenneally-Morrison. (She, once upon a time, had been married to Jim.) She may or may not still be writing.

As for Robert Jordan... no, still not finished, sad to say. I recently saw a new hardcover release in that series at Borders. I'm happy to report that I felt no desire whatsoever to read it, especially after perusing the inner flap and discovering that no, he hadn't made any discernable progress in the damned plot. (If he had, I might feel inclined to check it out once it hits the library. Not going to pay money for it, regardless.)