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I will remove the undead.
I just can not digest the idea of undead.
Others have said some novels such as Swordspoint who seem to have no magic or barely magic at all.
A fantasy can exist without magic, even if the reader has expectations that if its fantasy, it must have magic in it.
So Demesnedenoire, your argument is invalid.
I have a better question that fits more the title of this thread.
I will rephrase the question: How should I approach writing non-supernatural/magicless fantasy?
I can be a bit too realistic about fictional creatures, but I can not just classify my fantasy as science fiction.
Why?
Because the world I am creating is meant to represent an alternate Earth, not a alien planet.
No creature in this fictional world looks alien.
There are creatures in this fictional world that exist on earth too, such as deer, wolverines, badgers, foxes and goats.
Would you classify my writing as science fiction if I told you I included unicorns, dragons, cockatrices and wargs? All originating from medieval European folklore, with the last being from Norse mythology.
The four humanoid species I mentioned are not aliens, but are based on species similar to humans.
They all look "human", no green-skins, no pointy-eared elves, no magical races, their differences are evolutionary just like the differences between a human and a neanderthal.
I just can not digest the idea of undead.
Others have said some novels such as Swordspoint who seem to have no magic or barely magic at all.
A fantasy can exist without magic, even if the reader has expectations that if its fantasy, it must have magic in it.
So Demesnedenoire, your argument is invalid.
I have a better question that fits more the title of this thread.
I will rephrase the question: How should I approach writing non-supernatural/magicless fantasy?
I can be a bit too realistic about fictional creatures, but I can not just classify my fantasy as science fiction.
Why?
Because the world I am creating is meant to represent an alternate Earth, not a alien planet.
No creature in this fictional world looks alien.
There are creatures in this fictional world that exist on earth too, such as deer, wolverines, badgers, foxes and goats.
Would you classify my writing as science fiction if I told you I included unicorns, dragons, cockatrices and wargs? All originating from medieval European folklore, with the last being from Norse mythology.
The four humanoid species I mentioned are not aliens, but are based on species similar to humans.
They all look "human", no green-skins, no pointy-eared elves, no magical races, their differences are evolutionary just like the differences between a human and a neanderthal.