Register | Log in | FAQ | Search | Memberlist | Usergroups
Profile | Log in to check your private messages | Blogs |

ARWZ Forum Index
    > Alternative Reality Caf�


 
Post new topicReply to topic
View previous topic :: View next topic
Author Message
Violanthe
Webmaster


Joined: 24 Jul 2003
Posts: 5903

PostCross Genres

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:10 pm
Reply with quote

We all know the big genres of alternative reality fiction, but what about cross genres? Science fantasy? Fant-historical? Dark fantasy? These are only some of the most well known. Believe it or not, I've even seen Science fiction/romance/detective books. What other cross-genres of speculative fiction have you read or heard of? What do they consist of? Are they any good?
_________________
Violet "Violanthe" Kane
[email protected]
ARWZ.com: A Magazine of Alternative Reality Fiction
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Blog
Ian
The King of the Swing


Joined: 30 Mar 2006
Posts: 231
Location: Kent, England, U.K.

Post

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:13 am
Reply with quote

I like Erotic Horror. It is one of my favourite sub-genres. I find it highly entertaining and fun to read. Other favourite sub-genres include: Sci-Fi Horror, Comedy/Horror and Extreme Horror.

Here are some definitions:

https://www.writing-world.com/sf/horror.shtml
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
Violanthe
Webmaster


Joined: 24 Jul 2003
Posts: 5903

Post

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 12:26 pm
Reply with quote

What book would you recommend from the genre of Scifi Horror?
_________________
Violet "Violanthe" Kane
[email protected]
ARWZ.com: A Magazine of Alternative Reality Fiction
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Blog
Magus
Wordslinger


Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 716
Location: Illinois

Post

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:12 am
Reply with quote

The best example of cross-genre fiction that I can think of is Stephen King's Dark Tower series; which can only be described as a Post Apacolyptic Sci-Fi Western Epic Fantasy, entirely non-traditional in every way.
_________________
"It ain't all buttons and charts little Albatross. You know what the first rule of flyin' is?... Love. You can know all the math in the 'Verse, but take a boat in the air you don't love, she ain't keepin' up just as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her up when she ought to fall down, tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keens, makes her home." Captain Malcom Reynalds, "Serenity"
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Ian
The King of the Swing


Joined: 30 Mar 2006
Posts: 231
Location: Kent, England, U.K.

Post

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:34 am
Reply with quote

Vio, I would recommend "The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre." I think H. P. Lovecraft was very influential to Sci-Fi Horror writers.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
Shadow_Ferret
Active Member


Joined: 03 Apr 2006
Posts: 318
Location: Milwaukee, WI

Post

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:53 am
Reply with quote

I have a different HP Lovecraft anthology and I don't see why you consider that sci-fi horror. I think it's pure Poe-esque horror, what with demons and the Nocronomicon and such.

But then I'm not one to label subgenres. It just adds to the confusion. I was going to read Dark Tower, but Magus' description "Post Apacolyptic Sci-Fi Western Epic Fantasy" just turned me off. When I heard it was just a "fantasy" it sounded interesting. Now it just sounds confused.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Violanthe
Webmaster


Joined: 24 Jul 2003
Posts: 5903

Post

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:48 pm
Reply with quote

Ian wrote:
Vio, I would recommend "The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre." I think H. P. Lovecraft was very influential to Sci-Fi Horror writers.


What about more recent Sci-Fi horror? Anything you would recommend from the past 5 years?
_________________
Violet "Violanthe" Kane
[email protected]
ARWZ.com: A Magazine of Alternative Reality Fiction
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Blog
Ian
The King of the Swing


Joined: 30 Mar 2006
Posts: 231
Location: Kent, England, U.K.

Post

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:59 am
Reply with quote

Vio, I have a few Sci-Fi Horror lined up to read. I will review them for ARWZ.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
Violanthe
Webmaster


Joined: 24 Jul 2003
Posts: 5903

Post

Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:10 pm
Reply with quote

Sounds great! I look forward to reading your recommendations
_________________
Violet "Violanthe" Kane
[email protected]
ARWZ.com: A Magazine of Alternative Reality Fiction
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Blog
Ian
The King of the Swing


Joined: 30 Mar 2006
Posts: 231
Location: Kent, England, U.K.

Post

Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:02 pm
Reply with quote

Shadow_Ferret wrote:
I have a different HP Lovecraft anthology and I don't see why you consider that sci-fi horror.


www.brainencyclopedia.com

"Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American author of fantasy and horror fiction, noted for giving horror stories a science fiction framework."
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
Violanthe
Webmaster


Joined: 24 Jul 2003
Posts: 5903

Post

Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:37 pm
Reply with quote

Certainly, Lovecraft is a classic. But are there any authors currently publishing SciFi Horror that you could recommend?
_________________
Violet "Violanthe" Kane
[email protected]
ARWZ.com: A Magazine of Alternative Reality Fiction
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Blog
Peter
Senior Member


Joined: 21 Apr 2006
Posts: 649
Location: NSW, Australia

Post

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:54 am
Reply with quote

Dan Simmons maybe?

Peter
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Ian
The King of the Swing


Joined: 30 Mar 2006
Posts: 231
Location: Kent, England, U.K.

Post

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:53 am
Reply with quote

Vio,

I would recommend "The Long Walk" by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman. It is one of my favourite books. It is not technically horror (no supernatural ellement). It is set in the future but not too far in the future. Very dark sci-fi. It is a good book to read if you are an aspiring writer. It is available in a single volume but it was originally published in a collection "The Bachman Books: Four Early Novels." If this is what the library has I would recommend reading "The Long Walk" first, then "The Running Man" (also sci-fi horror) and then "Rage." Skip the intorduction as it gives away the ending of both novels. The same goes for amazon reviews.

Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
Ian
The King of the Swing


Joined: 30 Mar 2006
Posts: 231
Location: Kent, England, U.K.

Post

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:00 am
Reply with quote

I have not read anything by Dan Simmons though I have Carrion Comfort on my to-be-read pile.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail AIM Address
Jay Tomio
Member


Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 27

Post

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:24 am
Reply with quote

Realizing I'm stating the obvous here, and I don't really care for distinction by genre, as I think most of the better writers are not identifiable so easily, but if peoplae who aren't reading the likes of China Mieville, or Jeff Vandermeer, or Jeffrey Ford, they are missing out on some of the best work being published now.
_________________
The Bodhisattva

Fantasybookspot.com
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Violanthe
Webmaster


Joined: 24 Jul 2003
Posts: 5903

Post

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:32 pm
Reply with quote

I agree. We've gotten a lot of flack here on ARWZ for trying to use umbrella terms that include science fiction, fantasy, horror, etc., but I think it's necessary and useful because there are writers who simply cannot be defined as more one than the other. Increasingly, cross-genres are becoming entities of their own, rather than recognizable cousins of better known genres.
_________________
Violet "Violanthe" Kane
[email protected]
ARWZ.com: A Magazine of Alternative Reality Fiction
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Blog
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic All times are GMT - 4 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You can vote in polls in this forum





Alternative Reality Web Zine: ISSN# 1559-3037


All materials on these pages (including fiction, poetry, essays, articles, interviews and opinion pieces) are copyrighted to the original authors and may not be reproduced without permission.




View Page Stats
ARWZ topic RSS feed 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group