Fen the wetland type or fen the plural of (sci fi/fantasy) fan? Or had you heard of neither?
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ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I’ve never heard of a Fen before
psud@aussie.zone 5 months ago
ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Sounds like it could be the name of a Hobbit. But no, never heard the word used before. I’m from Georgia and live in Virginia. Never been to a mountain wetland or to middle earth
psud@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I think I have only heard the term in:
- The plural of fan: sci fi stories set in the distant future of 1990, also in early internet fandom
- The wetland: stories from the UK, embedded in British place names, having a British parent
I wonder what sort of wetland my local one is, and the nearby swampy grasslands. Both are watered by rain or snowmelt. Both are marked as wetlands on maps
Chuymatt@beehaw.org 5 months ago
You are not reading enough fantasy books, then.
ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 5 months ago
That’s because the old Something Awful ruined fantasy books back in the early 2000’s when the big series was ASOIAF. Going from GRRM to Sanderson, Hobbs, Abercrombie etc… just doesn’t hit the same. It’s like from crack to whippets.
Chuymatt@beehaw.org 5 months ago
… not wrong.
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Martin is crap compared to Sanderson
ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 5 months ago
We can go settle this in the parking lot
Grabthar@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That’s cuz ya basic like one :)