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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice
May I recommend Calling Invisible Women by Jeanen Ray, or Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen? both are lit fic, in the style called, I think, magical realism, and both are great fun. (but Garden Spells was the only thing by Allen I've read, and I understand Calling Invisible Women was a departure for Ray.)
Both of these were found through reviews on Dear Author, otherwise I'd have avoided them like the plague - like you, I tend to avoid lit fic as most of it is depressing.
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I'll look into both but I make no promises.
I gave up on magical realism after LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE. Not that it's bad but the whole thing struck me as style over substance and once you strip away the style the underlying substance wasn't all that substantial.
Even in SF I find limited appeal in the "lyrical" stylist/wordsmiths like Bradbury and Ellison. They craft beautiful prose but if I wanted beautiful prose I'd go look for poetry.
Sorry but I'm more of a pizza and beer kinda guy rather than a fine wine chaser.
