Historical Progress in Fantasy
Apr. 22nd, 2005 12:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
james_davis_nicollOK: Halfgelled idea from teasing the Americans:
Is contemporary UK fantasy more concerned with progress and historical change than US?
What I mean is, you look at the Diskworld and it's in the middle of an industrial revolution. You look at Meiville's New Squick and it too seems to be (a somewhat Dickensian) early industrial society where the future may well be different from today, perhaps even better.
You look at Terry Brooks and his world is an endless retread of static societies fighting the same kind of pointless staged battles over and over.
Is contemporary UK fantasy more concerned with progress and historical change than US?
What I mean is, you look at the Diskworld and it's in the middle of an industrial revolution. You look at Meiville's New Squick and it too seems to be (a somewhat Dickensian) early industrial society where the future may well be different from today, perhaps even better.
You look at Terry Brooks and his world is an endless retread of static societies fighting the same kind of pointless staged battles over and over.
