Yeah, if I do it, though, pretty much a laydown for the SF though, I think. 0.3 per story or something handicap would be a bit much to overcome. I do have most of the Hartwell fantasy, though, except last year.
This year's was a 3.48 average (for 4 out of 5) compared to 3.90 for the SF (5 out of 5 - just [4.75 with a push over the edge for the intro and having nothing subpar in there).
I don't think I am ever going to be much of a fan of mundane or mainstream or barely fantasy fantasy as compared to sword and sorcery and 'low fantasy' I saw Elizabeth Bear call it the other day, or urban fantasy monster hunting with the odd rock and roll elf, basically. Definitely like horror of the supernatural variety more than the mundane fantasy thing, too.
If there was more stuff towards that sort of thing it would be in with a chance. cf Barron's Hallucigenia Lovecraftian gem, or Shepard's The Lepidopterist, or Moorcock's The Roaming Forest, and of course Stross' Pimpf speaking of city monster bashing stuff.
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Date: 2007-11-29 10:44 am (UTC)This year's was a 3.48 average (for 4 out of 5) compared to 3.90 for the SF (5 out of 5 - just [4.75 with a push over the edge for the intro and having nothing subpar in there).
I don't think I am ever going to be much of a fan of mundane or mainstream or barely fantasy fantasy as compared to sword and sorcery and 'low fantasy' I saw Elizabeth Bear call it the other day, or urban fantasy monster hunting with the odd rock and roll elf, basically. Definitely like horror of the supernatural variety more than the mundane fantasy thing, too.
If there was more stuff towards that sort of thing it would be in with a chance.
cf Barron's Hallucigenia Lovecraftian gem, or Shepard's The Lepidopterist, or Moorcock's The Roaming Forest, and of course Stross' Pimpf speaking of city monster bashing stuff.
http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2007/11/years-best-fantasy-7-david-g-hartwell.html