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Ajax Plunkett
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  		   Posted 8/11/2007 10:58 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
What exactly is the sub-genre Gonzo Fantasy about?
 
Tim Powers was listed as writing within this type.
 
What are it's traits and some authors that write Gonzo Fantasy?
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Same answer I posted in the flashing swords forum:

I found some interesting hits on google. Go to google and search on "gonzo fantasy" (don't forget the " " around the two words).

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  		   Posted 8/12/2007 7:39 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Here's the dictionary.com defintion:

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
gon·zo /ˈgɒnzoʊ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[gon-zoh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation Slang.
–adjective
1. (of journalism, reportage, etc.) filled with bizarre or subjective ideas, commentary, or the like.
2. crazy; eccentric.
–noun
3. eccentricity, weirdness, or craziness.
[Origin: 1970–75, Americanism; appar. first used in the phrase Gonzo journalism by U.S. journalist Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939); perh. < It: simpleton, one easily duped (of uncert. orig.) or < Sp ganso a lazy or dull person, lit., goose (< Gmc; see goose)]

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  		   Posted 8/14/2007 1:30 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Ajax Plunkett said...
What exactly is the sub-genre Gonzo Fantasy about?
 
Tim Powers was listed as writing within this type.
 
What are it's traits and some authors that write Gonzo Fantasy?
What it's about is intellectual laziness and the overwillingness to apply the label "gonzo" to things. An Amazon customer review mentioned "'gonzo' fantasy, a style in which the author uses actual history for the majority of the plot, but inserts fantastic elements that explain actions left mysterious by time and which will provide the details of the story." Hrm...sounds like alternate history, perhaps? I'd put the gonzo label in the same junk drawer as "slipstream".
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  		   Posted 8/15/2007 4:06 PM (GMT -5)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
I replied to this over in the other gonzo fantasy thread...
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