Mysteries broad sense is the fantasy, fantasy, magic collectively. A narrow sense, for that is built on top of Imagination fiction, it can also be set up in the East based on the elements of fiction, no matter where the location of the use of the skills included in almost element or the East China element that is fantasy Fiction.
Fantasy novel is fiction
Three types of fantasy novels
Understand the meaning of event, my habit is to check the "Ci Hai." In the "Dictionary" on the "science fiction" entry, but finding out "Mysteries", "fantasy." This indicates that the "Mysteries", "fantasy" is now a popular new term, not included in "Ci Hai" among entries.
Fantasy literature is divided into two categories, that is, fiction and fairy tales. In terms of the fantasy novel, divided into three categories, namely, science fiction, fantasy fiction and fantasy (fantasy) fiction.
Science fiction is well-known, their fantasy is based on science. The world's first science fiction is the 1818 publication of "Frankenstein" (also translated as "Frankenstein"), the author is the wife of the British poet Shelley, Mary Shelley. Since then, France's Jules Verne, Wales, United Kingdom, the United States, Asimov, the Soviet Union do not Lieyajiefu, Sakyo Komatsu of Japan and Xing Xinyi so created a lot of good science fiction, science fiction master of the world. Has a long history of science fiction, has become a mature style.
Fantasy fiction fantasy based on magic. With the magic wand novel, Lord of the Rings, magic, magic, spell, is constantly changing, a magic, fully display the charm of magic. Described by British writer JK Rowling's "Harry Potter", is one of the masterpiece. "Harry Potter" in the mysterious "magic stone", the fantasy novel of magic show thoroughly.
In addition to science fiction, fantasy fiction fantasy novel than the third class, name the most, the most vague definition, but the most popular in China today, the most popular. This third category of fiction, the most common names of three: "Great Fantasy Fiction," "Mysteries", "fantasy", commonly known as "fantasy."
Mysteries Origin
"Great fantasy novel" The term comes from Japan, the Japanese writer's work Naoko Awa represented. In Naoko Awa's pen, "It was a fantastic country, a spirit-infested world, where the fox windows, where the branches are all covered with a white parrot, where the soul could hear girls crying in the trained, trained, ... ... "Naoko Awa has called the" big fantasy novel "is a" contemporary ghost story. " Do the same reasoning, it seems that the Chinese writer Pu's "Lonely", to push for the "big fantasy novel" originator.
"Mysteries" is, as far as I know, from Hong Kong, China. I saw the first fantasy novel, is a 1988 Hong Kong, "Tsui Yin Pavilion," published by Huang Yi's "Moon Magic." At the time, "Centre Stage Hall" is also prepared to publish my work, Mr. Zhao Shanqi publisher gave me a Hong Kong writer Huang Yi's novel. Mr. Zhao Shanqi wrote in the preface: "a set of metaphysics, science and literature in one of the new varieties gave birth, and this novel species we call 'fantasy' novel." This is the "Mysteries" is the first appearance and have a clear definition.
Huang Yi's fantasy novel, the formation of series, all with a character named Ling Duyu for the hero. Lingdu Yu has a legendary experience in Tibet, he grew up, and then studied in America, won two doctorate. He also practice Tibetan Buddhism, has superhuman spiritual sense, so many of the world of supernatural Mystery, have invited him to participate in the search.
Huang Yi series of fantasy novels, a hundred thousand words, printed in small pocket. Huang Yi's fantasy novel stress as suspense, plot twists and turns, but also display various strange mystery realm, so he published a series of fantasy novels, the rapid popularity in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Huang Yi's fantasy novels known as "the set of metaphysics, science and literature in a" How many of these scientific elements, is not known. However, throughout the novel into metaphysics Dao Shi, Zhao Shanqi called "Huang Yi is a metaphysical master of feng shui numerology, fortune-telling, without exception, fine."
Of course, Huang Yi-called metaphysics, but shallow, "feng shui fortune telling, fortune-telling," it is not "Book of Changes," "I", "Chuang Tzu" These three are called the "San Xuan" laid by the book " metaphysics ", which is metaphysics.
Huang Yi's "set of metaphysics, science and literature in a" concept of the fantasy novels, not only does not accurately reflected in the Huang Yi work itself, but also with today's popular fantasy novels of China far away. It can be said to "soldier legend" as the representative of today's fantasy novels, not only not scientific at all, no metaphysics at all!
I think that today's fantasy novels of China, Huang Yi just followed the creation of fantasy novels of the body, and discard the core. China today's fantasy novels, one of the "mysterious" no longer refers to the metaphysical, but can be interpreted as mysticism.
I admire our ancestors to give "Mystery" occult magic word to the color. Xu Shen, "said Wen," interpreted as: "Andrew, You Yuan also. 'Mysterious' character from I" the moral "'somewhat esoteric, all miracles', made by Road deep subtle." Is the "Mystery" means "deep subtle "Therefore, thus giving Mysteries to the world of Imagination Unlimited!
In "Ye Yonglie Comments Mysteries hot", I have to say, and: "Mysteries of the recent rise, it built upon Imagination, stressing a 'mysterious' character, the content went fairly distant fantasy novels, from the creation level, the fantasy of fiction writing author science fiction more than freedom, without restraint by the science-based, more play space. "
In addition to "soldier legend", the fantasy novel "Fengziwuyu" is also very popular on the Internet. October 2004, I was in Beijing to attend the "Fantastic Literature in China" seminar, China Publishing Group Oriental Publishing Center suddenly introduced at the meeting signed by 20 kinds of "fire crane," the fantasy fiction, fantasy novel heat from the This can be seen.
Fantasy profile
I note, "the legendary soldier," "Fengziwuyu" also often referred to as "fantasy." "Fantasy" and "Mysteries" mix the two terms, interoperability. This shows that today's "Mysteries" in this "Mystery" can be interpreted as "strange" has nothing to do with metaphysics.
Unlike the fantasy fiction fantasy fiction only China, the fantasy novel in a foreign country has, and is often confused with fantasy novels, even "Harry Potter" is also classified as fantasy. It's historical fantasy novel back to the early 19th century and even earlier Greek mythology. Foreign fantasy masterpiece when pushed British author JRR Tolkien's "Rings" trilogy. Chu Taiwan translator in the "Lord of the Rings" into Chinese, the first "fantasy" is, from this "fantasy" is popular in Chinese-speaking world. Chu, founded in Taiwan, "Fantasy Culture and Arts Foundation."
Fantasy so far no strict definition. Taiwan Xuqing Wen as "Miao Siqi Magic Library" written by the opening declaration, so described: "We need imagination, not abetting escape, led astray nothing, but to encourage the transformation vision, extended mind, and unique fantasy story The mysterious nature of the illusion of infinite space, is the source of imagination. "This passage was considered a" fantasy "under a broad definition, in my view, the characteristics of fantasy novels is" odd "to magic, strange, strange, strange fantasies, throughout the stories. This fantasy has nothing to do with science.
China's fantasy masterpiece, when push Guo's "City of Fantasy."
Peking University professor, writer Cao Wenxuan in evaluating the "City of Fantasy", said: "" City of Fantasy "is a mystery. This is not the mysterious author might deliberately pursue results. But this mystery has been in attracting us through the text the jungle and move ... ... until the end, we did not see the world, according to the mystery. "
This "mystery" is a fantasy novel has the charm of odd imaginary.
Another fantasy - Chen Siyu's "differences were recorded Fate," published in Hong Kong and Taiwan 26, is also influential fantasy novels in recent years. This fantasy novel, first in "Huanjianshumeng", "Sky Dragon", "Novel channel" and other original Web site to "out sleep soundly," the pen name published, hits nearly 10 million times!
Fantasy, fantasy author of young
The history, the science fiction fantasy novels longer, but longer than another fantasy fantasy fiction, fantasy fiction. However, the "City of Fantasy" as the representative of the fantasy, the "soldier of new transmission" as the representative of the fantasy and influence now far exceeded the "old" science fiction. A Book Review wrote: "Magic books Ebb Tide, beyond science fiction, but not to three years, fantasy fiction has sprung up at an alarming rate subversive fantasy novel monolithic situation."
Careful analysis of fantasy and fantasy newborn, I noticed that of younger and younger readers.
17-year-old Guo in the tense Middle School learn and write a novel full of the fantastic, "City of Fantasy."
Fantasy novel "Fate of different people recorded" author Chen Siyu, Chengdu University Department of Chinese Radio and Television Majors.
"Soldier legend" like Guo as the author frequently exposed in the media, as well as people thought they were shy mm. In fact, rain is a young man of mysterious, was born in 1980, only two years older than Guo. Rain live in a small town Hyun Heyuan in Guangdong, only read Teachers in middle school when the art teacher. He "finally found the teachers for their own career too, I'm too lazy. We are all these people day and night reversed, at work, daytime sleep, sleep until 11 am before getting up." He began to write. He took the pen name Andrew rain, mysterious characters from "Baraka" and "Rain" word is "because I like the feeling of rain."
I am in Beijing, contacted the author of Mysteries "fire crane," that it was a writing team, with an average age of only 22 years old. Many of them are women. I asked, "Crane the fire," the creation, is what they reply: the overall responsibility of the lady to write a general idea, designed the characters, and then seek the writers in the network. Writers who have made using E mail to their own ideas. These ideas were selected after the lady overall responsibility, the writers write fantasy novels. After taking overall responsibility for Miss modify, polish after the "Fire Crane" in the name of publication. Because of this, "Fire Crane," Writing fantasy novels at an alarming rate, suddenly launched dozens.
The first few days, I should be about Fu-liang, Lanzhou on a long held fantasy novel "The last royal family," preface. Of a young university students also.
Fantasy, fantasy author's young, in Taiwan, too. Matsuyama Taiwan high school girls to "spring" in the name, write the five Department of "Wind Voice", published by the publishing company in Taiwan in spring.
At the same time, fantasy, and fantasy widespread network, the network is the novel's main readership of young, so fantasy and fantasy by means of the infinite network magic, attracting thousands of young people in the eye. In addition, fantasy, and fantasy novels show the new Yingqi Li, wonderful fantasy realm, it is also youthful favorite of young readers. Because of this, "the legendary soldier" would have such a high hit rate, and the "City of Fantasy" also shocked to 100,000 print run of the Beijing Books Fair.
Looking forward to the healthy development of fantasy and fantasy
Fantasy and fantasy works, as springing in Chinese, appeared in large numbers. I think that this kind of "fantasy hot," "Fantasy fever" is welcome. Xinhua News Agency issued in Shanghai Telecom, "Ye Yong Comments Mysteries hot", it will have this to say: "Faced with the Mysteries of the fiery scene, Ye Yong bluntly: 'fantasy novels to inspire the imagination of readers, and this is exactly Chinese students lack. Therefore, the best-selling fantasy novel, All in all a cause for celebration. '"
The report also said: "Ye Yong pointed out that the shortcomings of today Mysteries is' anxious to fast for Success'. 'I do not believe that working slowly and deliberately, but I do not appreciate the rushed only commercial gimmick writing, fiction, or should the quality as the premise.''fantasy 'expect the same fine. Although much popular fantasy novel trend nationwide, but as an important branch of fiction, it also faces the dilemma of creative. "
I thought the face of "fantasy hot," "Fantasy fever", the literary world to strengthen the theoretical research, strengthen the work comments on the young writers to give guidance to enable the "fantasy hot," "Fantasy hot" in the right direction development can occur a number like "City of Fantasy" as the quality work.
Science fiction writing to catch up
After all, I was "retired" the sci-fi veteran, faced with fantasy, fantasy writing in full swing, the contrary, the oldest "Big Brother" science fiction, feel left behind, to catch up.
In recent years China's science fiction in terms of numbers is that many, but the quality of flat, highly confidential, printed usually hovering in the 5000 to 10,000 such "protection of the line". China's lack of sci-fi circles as "City of Fantasy" This influential work, the lack of an impact rookie such as Guo.
Another one, say that a few years ago the most popular "Zhu Xian", 1:10 hot, good writing style, the idea of strange clever use of the book of comprehension for people practicing Road, summed up the whole world all sorts of people, regardless of which character are very characteristic. looks very smooth momentum. is the fantasy masterpiece of the few works
Science fiction in China China should be in sharp style. China today by the science fiction science fiction of the West too, too, "foreignized", "Westernization." This is also a lack of influential science fiction new work reasons.
However, I prefer science fiction after all. In my opinion, science fiction, after all, is built on a scientific basis, will give young readers the scientific enlightenment, the reader a keen interest in science, this is fantasy fantasy fiction can not match. I am not opposed to fantasy novels, fantasy novels, but I hope to publish lots of science fiction, to encourage young people to read science fiction.
But the real fantasy kind of work, name the category in which a kind of western origin of the name of the only sci-fi science (science) fiction (novel); the name really is where he is not strict, since not all topics are fantasy type including science, to China, we own to contain science fiction elements called science fiction, the other classified as fantasy. Other Fantasy, Magic class classification on the too far-fetched nor necessary.
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Fantasy, magic and fantasy of the difference between
Now often said that the fantasy can be broadly classified into two types of Western and Japanese.
The deepest source of Western-style fantasy, from "Lord of the Rings" dates back to King Arthur and the Round Table Knights, to Greece, the ancient Nordic mythology, there are many brand of Western culture. This culture system, the great differences with China in many places almost impossible to communicate. As the result of the concept of cultural barriers, Chinese readers to accept them is a bit laborious. However, when it comes to the hero's respect, the pursuit of the heroic and appreciated around the world are in common.
Western-style fantasy, is usually divided into "mainstream fantasy" (Hign Fantasy) and "The Sword and the Sorcerer's Class" (Sword & Sorcery) two, the former pay more attention to literary (such as "Lord of the Rings"), the latter put more emphasis in the adventure, fighting, more like "action film."
Japanese-style fantasy, is actually combination of Western fantasy and the product of Japanese culture, Japanese culture, Chinese culture, there's blood. So, instead of Western-style fantasy, fantasy is more likely to win Japanese Chinese readers close. Coupled with excellent animation of the auxiliary extension, Japanese-style fantasy it is easy to China has pushed open a road.
Japanese Fantasy, most of Japanese bushido spirit, Western fantastic story, a combination of intelligence strategy. Cultural foundation is weak, but entertaining, often very compelling characterization.
Some horror fiction to modern life as the background, adding vampires, werewolves, ghosts and other elements, it may well be classified as fantasy, or are classified as fantasy fiction and horror fiction, fantasy, the edge of the junction.
The so-called "historical aerial" novels, usually a fictional world, or history, then as a basis for creation legend, in which magic, witchcraft, supernatural elements are not many, the basic approach used to write historical novels, characters capacity limit is usually no more than normal. Such novel "possibility" although not large, "authenticity" has strong, be regarded as fantasy and historical novels of cross-category.
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Fantasy novels is not "magic, fantasy," but have completely different definitions, and general concept of imagination is far from.
Fantasy novel, that "magic realism novel," is seen mainly as a literary genre in Latin America. Creative approach to this school, the shocking reality and illusion blur together trance, staggered through the actual situation of extreme exaggeration and artistic strokes to recruit personnel, woven plot, an attempt to describe and reflect the complex historical, social and political phenomenon.
Magic realism novels, often with specious, paradoxically, the "change fantasy into reality without losing its true" approach. The typical fantasy novel, its significant features are: a reality distortion; join the mysterious, magical and even strange strangely content; have a strong social conflicts, political struggles content.
If realism is a mirror of society, then the magic realism of the approach to metaphor for the society concavo. Although it kept a mystery in the case, but it still is to describe the real world. But it did not take realistic approach, instead of using hyperbole, allegory way.
Fantasy fiction fantasy novel with the other three categories the biggest difference is that it must be reality-based. It's "Magic" is a mysterious atmosphere in order to increase and strengthen the irony, the kernel is still real life.
For example, the famous fantasy novel "Hundred Years of Solitude", which if removed "magic" of the content is entirely possible with the "Les Miserables", "War and Peace" and other works put together.
In the "Hundred Years of Solitude," wrote the beginning, Roma hold two magnets "... ... ... ... from house to walk door to door to wok and iron pots, irons and a small cupola have fallen from the spot, wood for nails and screws desperately to break free ... ... with the rattle in the back of those two magic iron Luangun "; Roma brought magnets, telescopes and magnifying glasses and other" gadgets ", but use two magnets a big mule and a group of goats in exchange, the magnifying glass again with two magnets with three gold coins. To look never seen ice, residents have to pay five riyals per person, feel what the price should double.
Read the book, come back to see the episode, you can understand this is not in writing Roma, but the metaphor of the poor people of colonial plunder. "Hundred Years of Solitude", this means that the plot with a strong allegory abound.
Therefore, the magical novel, is not entertaining fiction, but the appearance of exaggeration with a profound seriousness, reflecting the realities of social issues novels.
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Mysteries can be said that only in recent years, the rise of the "fantasy novels with Chinese characteristics." It's creative principle is unprincipled, and its foundation is not based on fantasy.
Why? Fantasy fiction is basically because the combination of Western-style fantasy, the Chinese martial arts, Japanese anime, a hodgepodge of science and technology.
Chinese culture highly inclusive, any foreign matter can dissolve in its embrace, and derive some new things or deformation.
Mysteries is the case. Most fantasy novels, take the Western magic, martial arts and strategy in China, Japanese cartoons and science fiction together, coupled with the myth (and often is in China, India, the coexistence of Greek mythology ... ...), build a magical world, wonderful story.
On to the fiction, fantasy, fantasy fiction fantasy novel four most liberal. It was the future of technology, do not need to validate scientific theory; it was magic, not voodoo science research system of the West; it was martial arts, traditional martial arts is more amazing than powerful, often beyond the limits of human physiology ... ... whether the virtual world architecture or People experience, are somewhat esoteric, unrestrained, free incomparable.
Mysteries are often being reproach. Kehuan Mi curse it "cranky", fantasy fans have criticized it "cranky." Does not know, fantasy novel feature is cranky, unprincipled, without foundation. However, this cranky there own system, and setting, whether that system can withstand the rigorous research.
Mysteries can be said with magic realism novels are diametrically opposed. Magic is a "magic" as the rendering, the main event was the reality; fantasy is based on real events as a plot idea, the main writing "Magic."
In the four categories of fiction, the fantasy novel is the "magic" of a kind. As less binding, so to ease, the arbitrary, often making stirring read, and exciting. Thus, while "orthodox science fiction" and "orthodox fantasy" are all big plus denounce Fantasy, Mysteries still have quite a large audience.
Fantasy fiction is so popular, probably because, fantasy characters in the novel are often charismatic, has a very large freedom, what there is. For ordinary people, this is a great pleasure and relaxation - the most miserable life is not arbitrary, and fantasy fiction to the reader to relax mind and experience the freedom of opportunity. Or, Mysteries, "read a very great time."
Mysteries, due to its characteristics, it is difficult to precisely define the next. Particularly in Taiwan, the seldom heard "fantasy," the word, but in Fantasy on behalf of the said.
We have seen many "fantasy", "science fiction" or even "martial arts" novels, in fact, should be classified as fantasy category. The market for sale in the Mysteries, which is actually very small part of the fantasy, science fiction.
Mysteries difficult to obtain the favor of adult readers, but often by the fanatical young readers love. Mysteries largest number of works, the lowest average, garbage everywhere works, so often people have a "fantasy novels are bad" image. In fact, fantasy novels have excellent fine.
For the "orthodox" and Kehuan Mi, fantasy fans, if open heart, without prejudice to the assessment, fantasy novels can be considered a special type of value, and will not disappear in the short term, and even more growth will . After all, there is reasonable, the popularity of fantasy novels, has its social and psychological roots.
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