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brymag
 30 Jun 2009, 23:14 #63248 Reply To Post
Am I allowed to recommend my own short stories?
Yours Aye.
sulcus
 01 Jul 2009, 08:35 #63263 Reply To Post
Historical and science fiction within the same short story ... If you pull that off without looking like what my esteemed colleagues refer to above, that will indeed have much to recommend it.

I'm not going to be the one to judge though. I feel out of my depth in both genres.
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Ais
 01 Jul 2009, 09:47 #63266 Reply To Post
Hello Brymag - it has been done before, but what with this being a UK based site and also the majority (I think) of its members being Brits, that sort of thing tends not to happen.

There certainly isn't a rule against it though.
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sulcus
 01 Jul 2009, 09:54 #63268 Reply To Post
Quote: Ais, Wednesday, 1 Jul 2009 09:47
Hello Brymag - it has been done before, but what with this being a UK based site and also the majority (I think) of its members being Brits, that sort of thing tends not to happen.

There certainly isn't a rule against it though.


Brit Lit ?

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Ais
 01 Jul 2009, 09:57 #63269 Reply To Post
Well, why not - there's been Brit Pop...
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sulcus
 01 Jul 2009, 10:09 #63270 Reply To Post
Quote: Ais, Wednesday, 1 Jul 2009 09:57
Well, why not - there's been Brit Pop...


Brit Lite
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle

"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
stuartstantondavies
 01 Jul 2009, 19:57 #63326 Reply To Post
Oooo - I like Brit Lit - I shall steal it immediately.

There has been a resurgance of interest in SPACE OPERA. Which is nice, especially as it is being spear-headed by British writers.

However, I do not think I can get away with apply the word "Lit" to Science Fiction - all the literary zealots will be after me with stout sticks.

Ais
 01 Jul 2009, 21:00 #63333 Reply To Post
Terry Pratchett got accused of literature and won a literary prize too, even if they didn't have a clue who he was. It was the biggest turn-out for a prize giving ever - so go for it.
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sulcus
 01 Jul 2009, 21:59 #63335 Reply To Post
Quote: stuartstantondavies, Wednesday, 1 Jul 2009 19:57


However, I do not think I can get away with apply the word "Lit" to Science Fiction - all the literary zealots will be after me with stout sticks.



Nah yer alright, my stout stick is at the repair shop.

What is space opera when it's at home (or away in another universe) ?
"A,B&E", "Not In My Name" and "52FF" (flash fiction anthology) all available on Amazon Kindle

"How a psychopath makes sweet love. I can get you ringside. Royal box even."
Ais
 02 Jul 2009, 05:25 #63357 Reply To Post
Big and bombastic tales - huge fleets, epic themes and sweeping issues - the universe is the horizon. Boy scout stuff, (or was that just the era they mostly were written in?)

The style has lain low, with a couple of exceptions, since EE 'Doc' Smith wrote loads of them between the 40s and 60s - the Lensman series was probably the most epic.

You did a FWR on my current story - that one falls into the same category.
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