19th April 2005, 6:40 PM
Of course, it depends on the quality of the writer... give a full explanation and be a bad writer and of course your story won't be as good as a good writer who doesn't explain things... but Feist and Jordan are pretty good writers too. :)
I like lots of fantasy works that don't have as comprehensive explanations as Jordan's. For instance, D&D. I like D&D a lot... does that have a great explanation? There is one somewhere, to some degree, but you don't need to know much of any of it to like the setting... understanding the gods and the planes is strictly optional.
I like lots of fantasy works that don't have as comprehensive explanations as Jordan's. For instance, D&D. I like D&D a lot... does that have a great explanation? There is one somewhere, to some degree, but you don't need to know much of any of it to like the setting... understanding the gods and the planes is strictly optional.