Besides you can't be sued for mockery.....look at Bored of the Rings. Most countires have a specific exclusion for mimicking in their copyright laws, if they didn't spoofs would be too expensive to bother with and everyone would be suing everyone - it's how you do it....not that I'm going to do...
Mixes of futuristic and primitive races work perfectly well. If you look at things like Phantom Menace, Avataar, John Carter - they all have primitive races set against more technologically advanced races. Real world comparisons can be drawn as well between the developed world and the few...
Try not to analyse it too much to start with if it's what you want to write. I doubt anyone can actually come up with a major plot that hasn't been done before and can't be compared to something else somewhere along the line. The thing that decides whether something is original or not is more...
Entirely depends on the dealer. There's been many cases when dealers have cut their product with deadly checmicals to stretch it out knowing it can do serious harm. It depends who they are selling to I suppose, regulars or strangers.
Speaking of Stephanie Meyer...I've had a great idea for a book....okay, a bearwolf and a trampire fall in love with the same girl and then Tony Blair tries to steal their baby, but that's okay cos the baby be UGLY!!!
What d'ya think?
I live on the coast in England and you're not actually too far from the truth here. Our County council has 40 or so members (not sure exactly), each has an equal vote on local issues and their own ward (area) for which they are responsible. Out of these there are internal elections to select...
Part of it is also lag - as in fantasy roles are male dominant because they have been for a long time, so it will take a long time for things to balance out a bit more - imagine 1 million books on one side ot the scales and for every 2 books added to other side of the scales, one more is added...
That doesn't ring true with me. I think things have generally moved on from that view point and acts of caowardice are generally the norm amongst both genders in real life, hence the person who has the guts to step in and save someone is heralded as a hero.
It's not fantasy but the female MC...
I can't recall any female cowardly characters in fantasy - they seem to be mainly reserved for horror, in particular, horror movies...and then mainly the sorrority girl slamming the door, running up the stairs and locking themsleves in the bathroom, or running out back and tripping, spraining...
Suppliers hire chemists to come up with new things and new cheaper ways to make drugs, old and new. They use existing networks to get the new drug out, and as there's no real testing, the health risks are unknown. As for people trying them, that's already been covered. Just remember, dealers...