Post originally by access.denied at 2004-06-27 06:58:01
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Eric Tolle wrote:
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As for mecha- why not? Why not explore where the concept goes and make an original universe? It's not THE answer of course to the hidebound nature of "fantasy", buit its AN answer. One of many....
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Fore me the answer to "why not?" is simple--because I think they are a rather silly concept and because I don't like them (i.e. for mostly aesthetic reasons). Which is of course totally irrelevant to the issue of defining the genre, but, if enough fantasy readers (or perhaps writers? publishers?) share this part of my aesthetics, might explain the mechas' conspicuous absence.