tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139007933437911710.post6738681266877095204..comments2023-08-18T02:18:58.037-07:00Comments on Roland's World of Fantasy: Less Science, More Fiction, PleaseRolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02560536747820631438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139007933437911710.post-9957232057347046582016-09-02T07:25:01.583-07:002016-09-02T07:25:01.583-07:00I'll dido that. So much so, that I'll add...I'll dido that. So much so, that I'll add any item with to much detail that doesn't move the story along. For instance, I get raised eyebrows when I say I couldn't get through Moby Dick because of the hundreds of pages of whale descriptions. I, frankly, don't care how many whales there are and every little nuance about them. <br /><br />I suppose I don't have the refinement to appreciate a great classic like Moby Dick for it is used as example after example for great prose, use of metaphors and creative use of first person that is dead. I have gone into a little for detail on that in my blog <br /> http://jbs-takeonit.blogspot.com/2015/05/philosophy-and-writers-need-to-read.html<br /><br />It is irksome though, when someone breaks a rule of physics to further their story without some attempt to explain how that got done. <br /><br />Yet, your are spot on when you say all we really need to know about the science is it provides the means for the characters to be themselves. <br /><br />Great insights as usual, Roland.Emmett Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192284652101609398noreply@blogger.com