tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post1433054543866897799..comments2024-03-25T12:56:59.509-04:00Comments on alien romances: The Future is NowRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-74852506708125674712008-10-31T07:06:00.000-04:002008-10-31T07:06:00.000-04:00Love your books Linnea!I found another reason why ...Love your books Linnea!<BR/>I found another reason why "alien" romances are good. It's the same reason fantasy/future worlds are such good settings for stories in general .<BR/>With books set in today's world, cultural/race/national differences immediately, trap and restrict the plot and the characters, eg, the cliched Nazi German "baddie" or the arab "terrorist".<BR/>It is so refreshing to read books where the antagonists have no relation to today's world so there are no reflections or restrictions to limit them.<BR/>Similarly historically based novels annoy me when they get their "facts" wrong or when the language or cultural actions are so wrong for the time they were set in.<BR/>This is why I think your books are so good. You have total control of the physical setting and how the cultures inter-react. Inevitably some is derivative, with influences you have admitted from <I>Star Trek</I> and <I>Star Wars</I>.<BR/>But creating your own worlds gives you total control. Also, by using different worlds for most of your books you are not trapped by the culture/world you created. So fans can't nitpick about inconsistency of details between books.<BR/>I am so looking forward to Hope's Folly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-65970733981748546932008-10-23T10:33:00.000-04:002008-10-23T10:33:00.000-04:00This post reminds me of both why I love SF and tha...This post reminds me of both why I love SF and that I need to stretch my reading horizons and dig into some non-Westernized SF stories. RIVER OF GODS is on my TBR list so I hope it does the trick.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Linnea!Heather Masseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913459109753829391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-26569675764118468732008-10-23T06:23:00.000-04:002008-10-23T06:23:00.000-04:00Is it very sad if I admit to getting girlwood when...Is it very sad if I admit to getting girlwood when I see those covers?<BR/><BR/>It is? *blushing*Humans. Cats. Boat.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05048778236417496109noreply@blogger.com