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Old 09-25-2012, 05:14 PM   #41
QuantumIguana
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Originally Posted by Namekuseijin View Post
me too. I love language sculptors like poets. Hate cheap elven-laden fantasy in distant worlds that feel just like ours, except a bit more gay.

To me, that's the difference between high literature classics and in-your-face-best-sellers: the high skilled mastery of language. I'm not talking about abusing baroque constructs or being too dense, just about giving the language the proper art treatment.

In the hands of a skilled story teller, any trivial story is great.
Aren't the emperor's new clothes fantastic?
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