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author_by_nightWhat differs adult fantasy from children's/YA fantasy? Or is there a difference?
I just told a friend that I don't consider Lord of the Rings a series for children, but I think The Hobbit is. (ETA: I worded the rest of that paragraph poorly, so I've edited it.)
Also, what exactly is the difference between sci fi/fantasy/action and adventure? For instance, with shows like Buffy and Supernatural, I keep hearing different genres being assigned. Some say fantasy, some say sci fi (which to me usually implies spaceships or something else that is science based), some say it's just action.
I'd just like to hear your thoughts.
I just told a friend that I don't consider Lord of the Rings a series for children, but I think The Hobbit is. (ETA: I worded the rest of that paragraph poorly, so I've edited it.)
Also, what exactly is the difference between sci fi/fantasy/action and adventure? For instance, with shows like Buffy and Supernatural, I keep hearing different genres being assigned. Some say fantasy, some say sci fi (which to me usually implies spaceships or something else that is science based), some say it's just action.
I'd just like to hear your thoughts.
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Date: 2010-02-21 06:01 am (UTC)A lot of my favorite books are categorized as for children or young adults. I prefer them because the best hit the big issues...good vs evil and what that is...as opposed to who is boffing whom which I don't care about unless I'm one of those boffing.
LOTR I would think would be YA because of the war and violence and that, but in America today because there are no poo words or boffing of any kind it's child safe.
Apparently blowing people up, okay, making new people, not so much.
I got nothin' except some tasty black grapes.