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Date: 2007-09-07 12:19 pm (UTC)Throw in fantasy, and I sigh.
I trust you.
But I've seen so many perfectly good historical novels ruined by fantastic elements that should have influence on the historical elements, and don't; and it's a wreck.
I trust you.
But I've seen too many otherwise reasonable murder mysteries upended by fantasy elements that either should or might blow holes in the resolution. I end up reading a fantasy novel about a character who wants to find a murderer.
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Date: 2007-09-07 12:52 pm (UTC)However, this is not a murder mystery novel idea onto which I've tacked a fantasy conceit, so it's kind of all or nothing here, conceptually.