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 4 weeks ago
I’ve never heard of a Fen before
psud@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
You are not reading enough fantasy books, then.
ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
… not wrong.
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Martin is crap compared to Sanderson
ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
We can go settle this in the parking lot
Grabthar@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s cuz ya basic like one :)