I agree about mythopoeia -- I should have said spec fic, and didn't mean to endorse any genre distinctions as we understand them in our camp. But it is strangely fascinating -- we're used to worldbuilding in fiction, but here the artist just skips the narrative and goes straight to the worldbuilding. And it can have a strange, unique kind of beauty.
On Oct 12, 4:01 pm, "Sally Caves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As an inventor of languages AND imaginary cities (worked on in my early > teens) with maps, street names, birds eye view paintings and drawings, and > stories about this city that exists in my memory and imaginings as "real" to > me, or virtually real, this kind of thing seems more along the lines of > creative languages and mythopoeia. I have turned it into science fiction > (The Doll Town of Leadora Whittier Whitcomb), but it's more like a separate > artform. This kind of thing is why Second Life appeals to me so viscerally. > I wrote the author. I am interested in adult forms of play that develop out > of childhood fascinations (dolls, maps, language invention, floorplans) that > we put away unless we go into AI, cartography, linguistics or interior > design for professional purposes--and that are now flouirishing because of > digital media. > > Sally/Sarah > > BTW, I'm now on FaceBook... I've been there for a while but I only really > activated it this week. "Sally Caves." I don't know how I am going to keep > all this up. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "delancey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" > > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 11:59 AM > Subject: A kind of science fiction? > > > http://urvillecity.free.fr/index.Urville-ENG.htm > > > cd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
