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  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    I dont know. Cafeteria is like a 19th century term. It would throw me if it came up in a medieval style fantasy. Heck, I just nixed a...
  • D
    dantheman93 replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    You woulddd be correct that it’s not actually considered contemporary fantasy. I think that’s what the guy I was watching called it, but...
  • TWErvin2
    If I really I enjoy the characters and the plot, I will re-read a book (or a series).
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    Is Fourth Wing a contemporary fantasy? Is it supposed to be some world of a past age? I would think they might eat in a great hall, or...
  • Mad Swede
    Mad Swede replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    The fantasy and SF genres were moving on and expanding within 15 years of the Lord of the Rings being published. Authors like Michael...
  • Ban
    Ban replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    "Web surfing" on the other hand is old enough to feel antiquated.
  • Naruzeldamaster
    Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    My characters use modern words in my fantasy fiction because their world is 'modern' for them. Back in the day they were much more like...
  • R
    It's always nice to see someone come back with an update like this. Taking a break can feel frustrating, but sometimes it's exactly what...
  • Alesia Matson
    Alesia Matson replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    Fantasy world building is harder to do well than most readers realize, but generally, it seems to me that that person needs to broaden...
  • Naruzeldamaster
    Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    It originally started as admitedly a 'hand wavy' excuse for the (very minor) real world tech to exist in this fictional world. Then I...
  • D
    dantheman93 replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    I liked that it felt literal and whimsical at the same time. Also I’ve seen your profile pic around many times, but I literally just...
  • Naruzeldamaster
    Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    I feel like my idea for it is kind of original, since it isn't just 'the internet' although it's possible to use it that way...
  • Mad Swede
    Mad Swede replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    The idea of a "sea of data" as a reference to the internet (or similar systems or even planes of existence) isn't new. As an example...
  • S
    soulmanken replied to the thread How to delete account.
    Please delete my account. I’m very uncomfortable not being able to delete it myself.. thank you and have a good day
  • Naruzeldamaster
    Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Contemporary Fantasy.
    Right? My characters use modern language (Though they don't use modern slang, some of them swear but not the ones directed at a type of...
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