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No idea how right this is
Jul. 11th, 2009 12:59 pm... but I found the quiz itself interesting.
One of the problems with the quiz is that I suspect that they've rated Tolkien at the "traditional" end of the traditional-experimental axis, and he really wasn't: he became the tradition everyone else aped.
I'm most of an outlier on "experimental" and "cynical", and somewhat outlying on "highbrow". All which makes me think that they don't have Tom Disch in their list of outcomes.... (Of course, most people don't think of Disch as a fantasy writer, but he was, especially in the second half of his career--the Minnesota horror novels, The Brave Little Toaster, and a lot of later short stories are all fantasy. One could even argue that On Wings of Song is more of a fantasy than sf.)
Which fantasy writer are you? ...
Philip Pullman (b.1946)
15 High-Brow, -19 Violent, 29 Experimental and 21 Cynical!
You are also a lot like Tove Jansson.
If you want something some action, try Gene Wolfe.
If you'd like a challenge, try your exact opposite, J R R Tolkien.
One of the problems with the quiz is that I suspect that they've rated Tolkien at the "traditional" end of the traditional-experimental axis, and he really wasn't: he became the tradition everyone else aped.
I'm most of an outlier on "experimental" and "cynical", and somewhat outlying on "highbrow". All which makes me think that they don't have Tom Disch in their list of outcomes.... (Of course, most people don't think of Disch as a fantasy writer, but he was, especially in the second half of his career--the Minnesota horror novels, The Brave Little Toaster, and a lot of later short stories are all fantasy. One could even argue that On Wings of Song is more of a fantasy than sf.)
