i recently picked up Viriconium by M John Harrison. i just began reading "Viriconium Nights (or Knights? there seems to be some confusion...), when two reference names came into my mind: Gloriana, and, of course, Ghormengast.
Peake, as a big reference and influence for many writers, developing sort of an "alternative way" for fantasy, with a complete un-Tolkenesque approach, has lead the way to some "urban fantasy" (i donآ´t know the accurate genre name if there is one), which i think to be the future of the whole genre. so the envrionment changes from nature into the city, or as in many cases, the castle (as a city).
from this point of view, it seems to be difficult to go "back to nature" in writing fantasy. that is what many writers do of course, but then it is always sort of a more or less Tolkien influenced writing. what do you think, has this way of writing also caused a change to the relation of fantasy writing to science fiction?
Peake, as a big reference and influence for many writers, developing sort of an "alternative way" for fantasy, with a complete un-Tolkenesque approach, has lead the way to some "urban fantasy" (i donآ´t know the accurate genre name if there is one), which i think to be the future of the whole genre. so the envrionment changes from nature into the city, or as in many cases, the castle (as a city).
from this point of view, it seems to be difficult to go "back to nature" in writing fantasy. that is what many writers do of course, but then it is always sort of a more or less Tolkien influenced writing. what do you think, has this way of writing also caused a change to the relation of fantasy writing to science fiction?
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