3rd August 2004, 11:40 AM
Yeah, that's how I classify them too, as I THINK I said... Anyway, for the most part I generally don't really care about which of these subgenres it falls under. I like Starcraft and Warcraft fairly equally in story, or would except Warcraft's IS much more developed than Starcraft's, simply due to a lot more effort being put into that franchise right now.
I actually HAVE a Ringworld book, but I never got around to reading it. I'm sure it's packed in some box somewhere around here though...
Ya know, actually LL you made me realize something. I love detail, but at the same time, I like that detail conveyed the right way. I think I have some conflicting opinions on things :D. Tolkein did explain a lot of stuff, but honestly for some reason that didn't strike me as "overly elaborate explaining of stuff that could have been revealed via good storytelling", well until now in retrospect :D. Maybe it was just the writing quality... Not really sure, but I'll say that Silmarillion really does do a great job of explaining various things via characters rather than direct explanations...
I actually HAVE a Ringworld book, but I never got around to reading it. I'm sure it's packed in some box somewhere around here though...
Ya know, actually LL you made me realize something. I love detail, but at the same time, I like that detail conveyed the right way. I think I have some conflicting opinions on things :D. Tolkein did explain a lot of stuff, but honestly for some reason that didn't strike me as "overly elaborate explaining of stuff that could have been revealed via good storytelling", well until now in retrospect :D. Maybe it was just the writing quality... Not really sure, but I'll say that Silmarillion really does do a great job of explaining various things via characters rather than direct explanations...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)