Comments on: Things Worth Reading: The Innocent Mage http://www.petermball.com/2009/08/12/things-worth-reading-the-innocent-mage/ Writer, Gamer, and Angry Nerd Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:16:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chris Warren http://www.petermball.com/2009/08/12/things-worth-reading-the-innocent-mage/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Chris Warren Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:58:19 +0000 http://www.petermball.com/?p=659#comment-303 I think Peter has hit on an important reason why the recent rise in popularity of fantasy has happened. Forgetting the primary influence of Tolkein, Rowling, etc. there are also many up-and-coming writers (I hope I am among them) who have taken the fantasy genre a step further by dropping some of the sword fights in favour of a more philosophical approach. Of course this places a greater responsibility on the fantasy author in that readers will, hopefully, read between as well as along the lines and take many of the happenings as a basis for modelling their own relationship with their life. I read a blog recently where someone was talking about whether writers (particularly in the fantasy genre) were sane or insane. She made a comment to the effect that those who can write quality fantasy are better equipped to make rational judgements about real life because they have made a clear distinction between real life and their fantasy world. There is no reason why this cannot be extended to readers of quality fantasy. Works like the Innocent Mage are a fine example of this type of writing and make a great contribution to the rise in poularity of the fantasy genre as, I hope, does my new book, Randolph's Challenge Book One - The Pendulum Swings. Chris Warren Author and Freelance Writer Randolph's Challenge Book One - The Pendulum Swings I think Peter has hit on an important reason why the recent rise in popularity of fantasy has happened. Forgetting the primary influence of Tolkein, Rowling, etc. there are also many up-and-coming writers (I hope I am among them) who have taken the fantasy genre a step further by dropping some of the sword fights in favour of a more philosophical approach. Of course this places a greater responsibility on the fantasy author in that readers will, hopefully, read between as well as along the lines and take many of the happenings as a basis for modelling their own relationship with their life.

I read a blog recently where someone was talking about whether writers (particularly in the fantasy genre) were sane or insane. She made a comment to the effect that those who can write quality fantasy are better equipped to make rational judgements about real life because they have made a clear distinction between real life and their fantasy world. There is no reason why this cannot be extended to readers of quality fantasy.

Works like the Innocent Mage are a fine example of this type of writing and make a great contribution to the rise in poularity of the fantasy genre as, I hope, does my new book, Randolph’s Challenge Book One – The Pendulum Swings.

Chris Warren
Author and Freelance Writer
Randolph’s Challenge Book One – The Pendulum Swings

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