Maybe there could be a resuscitation of this sub genre by way of romance that crossed into Faerie as a way of doing other worlds without the sf aspect of it? And would time travel romance touch close enough to be considered of parallel bent to this?
PS Your post made me blow the dust off my Blu-Ray of John Carter (of Mars) and watch it in full with my son. Thanks for that!
Any time I get someone to watch the underrated John Carter (of Mars) is a good time.
I think you might be onto something with the shifting into a "crossing into Faerie" possibility of moving forward. Some of my favorite books ranging from Dunsany's King of Elfland's Daughter to Kuttner's The Dark World, not to mention Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions, are about this very thing. While related to Sword & Planet/Planetary Romance in themes, I would still miss the Radium guns and Heat Pistols. There is something about the imaginatively impossible science that I love and would like to see. Maybe, building on Jonathan Strange, we can have alternate history versions.
I'll have to check it out for sure. I backed New Edge S&S, so I'm always up for more new/indie material. Sometimes it's hard to keep up, but that's the nature of the modern marketplace and why I do the Weekly Geekly.
Maybe there could be a resuscitation of this sub genre by way of romance that crossed into Faerie as a way of doing other worlds without the sf aspect of it? And would time travel romance touch close enough to be considered of parallel bent to this?
PS Your post made me blow the dust off my Blu-Ray of John Carter (of Mars) and watch it in full with my son. Thanks for that!
Any time I get someone to watch the underrated John Carter (of Mars) is a good time.
I think you might be onto something with the shifting into a "crossing into Faerie" possibility of moving forward. Some of my favorite books ranging from Dunsany's King of Elfland's Daughter to Kuttner's The Dark World, not to mention Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions, are about this very thing. While related to Sword & Planet/Planetary Romance in themes, I would still miss the Radium guns and Heat Pistols. There is something about the imaginatively impossible science that I love and would like to see. Maybe, building on Jonathan Strange, we can have alternate history versions.
Food for thought.
Oooh, a steampunk crossworld romance would be a blast to write and read. Just would have to be careful I didn’t stray too close to Space 1889
Excellent article, Christian - I found it really interesting!
I'll have to check it out for sure. I backed New Edge S&S, so I'm always up for more new/indie material. Sometimes it's hard to keep up, but that's the nature of the modern marketplace and why I do the Weekly Geekly.