Entry #2

Dune, Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Tales of Redwall, Narnia and Dragon Lance. All of the afore mentioned are amazing, astounding and brilliant pieces of science fiction and fantasy. The authors of these books give the reader a vision of what they themselves have created. To think outside the box is exactly what the authors have done. Reading a J.R.R. Tolkien book might be just a weekend adventure to one person, but to another it could a look at a whole new world that they had never thought imaginable. J. K. Rowling invented a world where the youth of our world wish they were in… with magic and whimsy but also danger and peril. They all had a different idea of what a vampire, elf, dwarf, giant, ogre and wizard were and they all showed us, the readers, exactly what is they saw. Some might just toss this type of reading aside but you must, at least to a degree, appreciate how Star Trek was not only a blockbuster T.V. series but a retrospective look at society at the time. It had a statement, it had a purpose. All this fantasy can be as I said before… a weekend adventure for some… for others it is an escape from their lives. These works also challenge the ideas of our society. Helping people break away from the norm and become a fan of something that they think is specially theirs.