FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Aidee Ladnier: Do you enjoy crossover between scifi and paranormal/fantasy, or do you like to keep your tech and magic separate? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! This is a legacy chat. Join the chat
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer LV Lloyd: I’ve just published 2 collections of sci-fi shorts, one featuring LGBTQ relationships and the other, not. Although looking through them one has a gay couple and another a lesbian slant, as well as hetero relationships. I’m wondering whether I should have just put the two together. There’s no sex in the stories apart from a kiss or two between couples. What do readers think? Do they expect / prefer a LGBT categorised book to include only LGBT stories or do they mind if some stories feature hetero relationships? Writers: This … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Hank Cannon: What is your reaction for calls for “genre” purity in genres that aren’t necessarily so straight forward? And for those who to like genre purity in sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal or horror, what do you use as baselines to judge for said purity? Join the chat
Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Aidee Ladnier: “Do you like a lot of crossover between scifi and paranormal/fantasy or do you like to keep your tech and magic separate?” Hmmm… for me, I like mixes of fantasy and sci fi better. But in general it’s fun to play with all the colors. How about y’all? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
Some of my favorite sci fi authors often throw in a dash of Fantasy. Look at Anne McCaffrey’s Pern books, which included dragons (albeit genetically created ones). Or many of Sheri Tepper’s books, that create a Fantasy-like setting in a post-apocalyptic world. I even wrote an “elf in the future” story that I hope to get published one of these days. When it’s done right, I LOVE mixing these two genres. But it’s not always done right. So what do you think? Do elves, dwarves and wizards have a place in Sci Fi? Or do you prefer your science fiction … Read more