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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Kevin Wilson writes:
> > A thread on "Dragonriders of Pern" MOCs is having a hard time finding a home
> > because there just isn't a newsgroup (AFAIK) that it fits into. How about a
> > lugnet.fantasy or build.fantasy newsgroup? SF MOC builders have a home in
> > .space but I don't feel that Pern belongs there, nor in .castle.
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> By analogy with build.ancient (which is for people building stuff not
> covered by a current LEGO(r) theme), build.fantasy may be the best fit!
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> Just as a check: Why doesn't it fit in space, though? If magic use is ok for
> .castle (IOM has flying boats, ne?) when in a medieval setting, why isn't it
> OK in space when in a futuristic setting (1)?
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> Not at all against build.fantasy but that IS something to think about.
I wonder how much we really need another category. I would be inclined to put
most Pernese creations in .castle (since for the most part it operates at low
tech, and while the Pernese dragons are supposedly creations of technology,
they aren't all that different from a fantasy dragon).
Just my thoughts.
> 1 - I don't read Anne McCaffrey,(2) but I thought Pern was a planet that was
> colonised by a spaceship full of colonists who then discovered some
> interesting things about it?
Pern is interesting. When the books were first written, I think it would have
clearly been classified as fantasy. Now it more belongs in SF. Of course the
whole F&SF genre is hard to really categorize (after all, almost all of it is
fantasy, it's just that some of it is technology based and some is magic based,
and some is actually pretty mundane).
> 2 - don't ask me why please... but it has to do with the number of books set
> in the same basic setting. I've stopped reading Mercedes Lackey or David
> Drake too, for that matter, and don't read much Piers Anthony either.
Hmm, I'm the opposite in many ways. The authors I enjoy the most are those who
have many books in the same setting. However, it is possible to get old, so I
stopped reading Piers Anthony for example.
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| (...) [a whole bunch of stuff, so I am going to snip this 'cuz it's a mess.] (...) Well, I think it would be a good idea to meld the Harry Potter Newsgroup, and change it to lugnet.fantasy. The newsgroup generally gets few posts, and I see a lot of (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| (...) By analogy with build.ancient (which is for people building stuff not covered by a current LEGO(r) theme), build.fantasy may be the best fit! Just as a check: Why doesn't it fit in space, though? If magic use is ok for .castle (IOM has flying (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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