[HPFGU-OTChatter] Fantasy Survey: Can I ask you to take a moment...?

[kemper mentor]

Dave Hardenbrook asked <snip> and Kemper answers in bold:
 
1. Have you ever read any of the "Oz" books by L. Frank Baum and other authors? Y

2. If yes, what did you like about them?  What did you not like?
     I like strong female characters in non-traditional roles.  e.g., Ripley in 'Alien' as she kicks ass to survive, but not Ripley in 'Aliens' when she kicks ass to save Newt-- her role here is as Mother/Protector-- a traditional role for the lady folk.  Also, Dorothy is the only complete character.  All the males are missing something (heart, brain and what not).
I can't think of what I didn't like, it was a long, long time ago.

3. Do you like to read fantasy in general? Y

4. If yes, what is your favorite fantasy series? Besides Potter, I like Alice's Adventures Wonderland and Behind the Looking Glass.  I believe she is the root of strong females in fantasy that can now be seen well over a hundred years later on major, fantasy video games.  Tomb Raider and Resident Evil (whose heroine's name, I think, is Alice) just to name two.

5. What do you like about that series?
Besides the strong female character, the story starts out in the Real World.  It is easier for me to fall into fantasy when it starts somewhere familiar.  One of the many reasons I enjoy Potter.

6. Which of the the following do you believe enhances a good fantasy (or fiction in general)? :

   -- Interesting plotlines?  Definitely
 
   -- Unexpected plot twists?  Yes please! (Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code was one of the most predictable books I've read, ever.  I regret finishing it.)

   -- Complex, multi-dimensional characters?  Yum Yum

   -- Coherent, non-self-contradicting story continuity?  Yes, in a single novel.  Forgivable if in a delicious series.
 
   -- Science fiction elements?  It could.  Jurasic Park and The Golden Compass used this well.

   -- Action / Adventure elements?  I likey like.

   -- Romantic Elements?  Only if it's a very sub-plot.

   -- Sexual Elements / Nudity?  Sure.




			
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