Nihilium 7th
Sage
So. After getting more than half way through my main wip, I decided to take a break and take up a project I had put down months ago. Upon reading it I had one of those "The hell was I thinking?" Moments. Why? Because the project took place in a very futuristic world that was also teeming with mythical animals and beings mostly based on Shinto, Buddhist and Hindu mythology. I had created a world where a person may be flying a hover car powered by a nano-sun, in order to rush over to a museum where a Kyorinrin (A Japanese spirit made of scrolls) has run amok in one of the ancient library exhibits. A world where a giant tree decorated with beads and jewelry sits in the middle of a plasma farm because nobody wanted to trouble the spirit inside.
It sounds like a good idea to me mainly because it appeals to the type of sci-fantasy worlds. But I haven't seen a great demand or fan-base for this type of world. I'm kind of worried that instead of bringing sci-fi and fantasy fans together to read the novel; I'll push both away making the project more of a niche book.
What do you Scribes think? Am I a little paranoid?
It sounds like a good idea to me mainly because it appeals to the type of sci-fantasy worlds. But I haven't seen a great demand or fan-base for this type of world. I'm kind of worried that instead of bringing sci-fi and fantasy fans together to read the novel; I'll push both away making the project more of a niche book.
What do you Scribes think? Am I a little paranoid?