Fantasy - inferior? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Dain · 02-22-2003, 05:47 AM

I think the prejudice extends to books a bit, too, and I'm sure you all understand what I mean. I've read some great fantasy books (LotR, Dune, etc.) but they aren't considered as "good" as the cannonical classics that well-read people are supposed to read, blah blah. People dismiss fantasy exactly because it's fantasy. They can't understand that a good piece of science fiction says just as much about the human condition or the real world as Crime and Punishment, because they can't look past the spaceships or the elves...

And didn't Titanic win an Oscar? Yeah... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

02-22-2003, 05:47 AM	#1
Dain Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Iron Hills Posts: 127	I think the prejudice extends to books a bit, too, and I'm sure you all understand what I mean. I've read some great fantasy books (LotR, Dune, etc.) but they aren't considered as "good" as the cannonical classics that well-read people are supposed to read, blah blah. People dismiss fantasy exactly because it's fantasy. They can't understand that a good piece of science fiction says just as much about the human condition or the real world as Crime and Punishment, because they can't look past the spaceships or the elves... And didn't Titanic win an Oscar? Yeah... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ Only I have looked through the shadow of the Gate. Beyond the shadow it waits for you still: Durin's Bane.