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I always find the types of scifi and fantasy novels to sometimes be very different from each other. With the Twilight and Hunger Games and Game of Thrones having grown so popular lately I wonder what pulls you personally into scifis?
For me there has to be a specific emotional element in them that I need to be able to connect with, and if it's too descriptive with science terms I get bored quickly. I have found different writing styles to not be my taste also though. For example, I've read the first few pages of Twilight and it didn't engage me very much because of the way it was written. As I read I felt like it wasn't enough of a challenge to read if that makes any sense. (Nothing personal to her though-the premise was a good one)
When I saw the Twilight movies (which was about 2 weeks ago and I watched them marathon style) I was interested in the first movie, but I still didn't care that much about the characters though. By the second movie my attention faded away.
The Chronicles of Narnia I always loved the first book.
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem I adored because of the human elements.
All of Ray Bradbury's books I love and admire because I really see the world he's writing about and I feel the emotions of the characters through the writing, it's not totally based on the fantasy aspect- but he sort of throws people just like us into the worlds he creates. (Which I think is the type that pulls me in the most)
I guess what it comes down to is I have to FEEL the feelings in the book, and I have to be able to imagine a world very vividly to be really into the books. : ) I've also noticed I seem to be more interested in third person point of view rather than first person point of view books, because I like seeing the whole world as I read not just through the main character's eyes.
What do you guys think? Do you have opinions about what makes an interesting scifi/fantasy book for different types of readers?
For me there has to be a specific emotional element in them that I need to be able to connect with, and if it's too descriptive with science terms I get bored quickly. I have found different writing styles to not be my taste also though. For example, I've read the first few pages of Twilight and it didn't engage me very much because of the way it was written. As I read I felt like it wasn't enough of a challenge to read if that makes any sense. (Nothing personal to her though-the premise was a good one)
When I saw the Twilight movies (which was about 2 weeks ago and I watched them marathon style) I was interested in the first movie, but I still didn't care that much about the characters though. By the second movie my attention faded away.
The Chronicles of Narnia I always loved the first book.
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem I adored because of the human elements.
All of Ray Bradbury's books I love and admire because I really see the world he's writing about and I feel the emotions of the characters through the writing, it's not totally based on the fantasy aspect- but he sort of throws people just like us into the worlds he creates. (Which I think is the type that pulls me in the most)
I guess what it comes down to is I have to FEEL the feelings in the book, and I have to be able to imagine a world very vividly to be really into the books. : ) I've also noticed I seem to be more interested in third person point of view rather than first person point of view books, because I like seeing the whole world as I read not just through the main character's eyes.
What do you guys think? Do you have opinions about what makes an interesting scifi/fantasy book for different types of readers?