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Themes, deeper meanings, and literary and cultural references enrich readers’ experiences, but they can get lost in translation if the reader didn’t grow up with those traditions. Or, they can turn into a fun treasure hunt that keeps on giving. Themes are the underlying inspiration behind a writer’s work. They are the big concepts one might be exploring, the thing at the back of a writer’s mind as they create characters and develop a story. Sometimes, even for the writer,…
Leave a CommentI attended a fantastic panel during Chicon8 about Belief and Religion in science fiction and fantasy. I appreciated the distinction between belief and religion. In my opinion, religion, faith, and spirituality, which is different from spiritualism, are all part of a theme that can greatly enrich science fiction and fantasy works. This theme encompasses our need as humans to feel like we’re not only part of this universe we’ve been born into, but that, in the big scheme of things,…
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It’s been a life long passion since I read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy. In Brazil, so far from where it was written by the brilliant Douglas Adams, that novel reached a fifteen year old girl with its expansive outer-world invention and witty writing. Above all, it showed me possibilities I didn’t know existed. I grew up under Brazilian military control where criticizing the government meant a one way ticket to jail, torture, and an unmarked grave. Douglas’s political…
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