I just recently updated the OF Blog with a post regarding emotional connections readers have with events and how it seems to me, based on reactions I've read elsewhere in addition to my own experiences, that fantasy and sci-fi works [i:z6ql4ypl]in general[/i:z6ql4ypl] do not pack that same 'emotional punch to the junk' that might occur during a 'real-life' event or after reading a 'realistic' novel. Thoughts/counterpoints to any of this? Here's the link, before I forget: http://ofblog.blogspot.com/2005/10/wond ... punch.html view post