Thanks, Doug! Interesting to think about all the fantasies which make a
fetish of the Book or the Word. It seems fairly deeply embedded in the
genre.
You're right about story. Since I've never before been even slightly
interested in plots and so on, it's been fairly intriguing learning to write
prose where stuff actually happens. But story on its own is never enough.
Best
A
On 18/1/05 2:35 AM, "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I do have to say that it was very smart on your part, given what you're
> saying here, Alison, to make the magic of your secondary world poetry,
> more or less.
>
> But the time demanded does seem to be one aspect of fiction that some
> poets can never get into (me, for instance), because even the poetic
> sequence allows for bits & pieces, & not necessarily a narrative as
> such, which certainly a fantasy demands (John Clute actually suggests
> in the Encyclopedia of Fantasy that fantasy is essentially story,
> especially in the late modern period).
>
> Anyway, here's hoping you make it soon, & can then quit smoking once
> again...
>
> Doug
Alison Croggon
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Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
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