Recently, I have been re-reading Senior OSC's library of literature that he has produced, and I have noticed something: Senior OSC seems to enjoy (I use "enjoy" becuase of the many times he's used it) having his characters use elemental powers or ones dealing with nature, but in unusual ways.
As quickly as I type this, I know that I will miss some, but here are the ones I remember most imediately.
[ May 01, 2005, 10:14 PM: Message edited by: X12 ]
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
powers, in fantasy or sci fi, either alter the natural world or they alter the behavior of human beings. In fantasy, anything that alters the natural world is going to alter SOMETHING that qualifies as an "element" in the old earth/air/fire/water system for the obvious reason that EVERYTHING in the natural universe was assigned to be within one of those elements <grin>.
That said, I did it consciously and explicitly with the Alvin books. I don't remember doing it with any others, and with Treason I definitely did NOT have that in mind; but it doesn't mean it isn't there. Unconscious choices are just as valid, if not more so, than conscious ones, when one is analyzing an author's work.
Posted by aragorn64 (Member # 4204) on :
I guess the blood in Hart's Hope would count...
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
<slurp> yep.
Posted by aragorn64 (Member # 4204) on :
Hopefully that wasn't the blood of you're ten-month child. *cowers in corner*
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