Mike Reeves-McMillan

As a practitioner of positive SFF (mostly noblebright fantasy) myself, I’m always pleased to see more of it, even…

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As a practitioner of positive SFF (mostly noblebright fantasy) myself, I’m always pleased to see more of it, even though most of what I’ve read so far has tended to be disappointing as fiction. Full of expository lumps; sometimes not actually a vision of a better world; flat characters who are mainly viewpoint cameras; and not much plot per thousand words are among the failings I’ve seen in “solarpunk” and similar attempts at positive SF.

Let’s hope this new series doesn’t fall into those traps.

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10 responses to “As a practitioner of positive SFF (mostly noblebright fantasy) myself, I’m always pleased to see more of it, even…”

  1. David Friedman Avatar
    David Friedman

    Does your definition of “noblebright” require a better world? The world of LOTR isn’t better than ours, but it certainly isn’t grimdark fantasy.

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  2. David Friedman Avatar
    David Friedman

    Does your definition of “noblebright” require a better world? The world of LOTR isn’t better than ours, but it certainly isn’t grimdark fantasy.

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  3. Mike Reeves-McMillan Avatar
    Mike Reeves-McMillan

    Noblebright definitely deals with people striving for a better world, whether or not they succeed in creating one.

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    Mike Reeves-McMillan

    Noblebright definitely deals with people striving for a better world, whether or not they succeed in creating one.

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  5. David Friedman Avatar
    David Friedman

    Mike Reeves-McMillan Does that mean that Noblebright is anything that isn’t Grimdark? In both my novels, characters are striving for a better world/working to prevent a worse world. In both they are, so far, succeeding. Does that meet your requirements for Noblebright?

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    David Friedman

    Mike Reeves-McMillan Does that mean that Noblebright is anything that isn’t Grimdark? In both my novels, characters are striving for a better world/working to prevent a worse world. In both they are, so far, succeeding. Does that meet your requirements for Noblebright?

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  7. Mike Reeves-McMillan Avatar
    Mike Reeves-McMillan

    Noblebright is explicitly the opposite of grimdark. You can read more discussion at noblebright.org and decide for yourself if your novels come under the umbrella.

    I read an article recently that (possibly confused by the word “noble”) gave the impression that noblebright is about having good leaders. It’s not, or not necessarily. noblebright.org – Noblebright – Fantasy to Believe In

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    Mike Reeves-McMillan

    Noblebright is explicitly the opposite of grimdark. You can read more discussion at noblebright.org and decide for yourself if your novels come under the umbrella.

    I read an article recently that (possibly confused by the word “noble”) gave the impression that noblebright is about having good leaders. It’s not, or not necessarily. noblebright.org – Noblebright – Fantasy to Believe In

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  9. David Friedman Avatar
    David Friedman

    Mike Reeves-McMillan Having looked at the web page, I think both my novels fit the description.

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    David Friedman

    Mike Reeves-McMillan Having looked at the web page, I think both my novels fit the description.

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