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Violanthe
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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:10 pm |
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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?
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Ian
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:13 am |
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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:
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:12 am |
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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.
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Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:34 am |
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| 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. |
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:53 am |
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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. |
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:48 pm |
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| 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?
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:59 am |
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| Vio, I have a few Sci-Fi Horror lined up to read. I will review them for ARWZ. |
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:02 pm |
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| 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." |
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:54 am |
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Dan Simmons maybe?
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:53 am |
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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.
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:00 am |
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| I have not read anything by Dan Simmons though I have Carrion Comfort on my to-be-read pile. |
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:24 am |
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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.
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:32 pm |
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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.
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