A Fandom Fallacy : comments [benlehman]

Don't forget the external, real world that the work is being read in -- often different from the one it's written and published in, after all! (I'm not assuming that you've necessarily forgotten it. I just want to talk about it.)

As far as any kind of formal criticism goes, I think both external worlds are about equally important. For just thinkin' and chattin' about stuff, I tend to prioritize the one that's closer to home.

-- Alex

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Another fallacy, fairly specific of sci-fi and fantasy fandom:

The internal thing is and must be a "world" in the concrete sense.

-- Alex

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areyououtthere and I don't quite get what you mean by this last--can you give an example?

Also, hi. We know lots of the same people.

Matt

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I perceive fantasy and s.f. fandom as overly focused on the creation of alternate worlds. Like, these elaborately detailed fictional settings, existing almost for their own sake. (In RPGs, this manifests as "world-building," "canon," and giant campaign sourcebooks.) I don't think every work has to be all about a world. A lot of them set their sights on something else: a moment, an emotion, a person, an idea.

Also, hi. (Just for the record: I can't say I know Ben, just some of his work. He most certainly doesn't know me.)

-- Alex

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Oh god wait I just realized we do know a LOT of the same people. Hi.

-- Alex

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