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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2013-08-30 11:57 am
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

SF or fantasy? Why?
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[identity profile] londonkds.livejournal.com 2013-08-30 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
The hobbits' bravery and fortitude does not defeat the avatar of evil, it fails at the last minute and is rescued by blind luck/divine grace.

Sorry to be pedantic, but this misconception about Lord of the Rings seems to have been directly responsible for a lot of the most dumbed-down school of pseudomedieval genre fantasy.

[identity profile] viktor-haag.livejournal.com 2013-08-31 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
That is a fair point. Mind you, divine grace is also something science fiction isn't all that keen on.
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