House Absolute

Jeff Wilson · 02 Dec 2008, 00:19 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:19:11 -0600
Subject: (urth) House Absolute
In-Reply-To: <W7440518979174541228174434@webmail39>
References: <W7440518979174541228174434@webmail39>
Message-ID: <49347EFF.1010001 at io.com>

Son of Witz wrote:
>> Son of Witz wrote:
>>
>>> Yo, but we're talking about a book where the space ships have masts and sails.
>>> It need not conform to science.
>> But there should be internal consistency or a reason for the lack thereof.
>>
>> Matthew
> 
> 
> "should"
> 
> are there rules to fiction now?

Aristotle may have been the first to write down certain best practices, 
but the guidelines have been around a while.

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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