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DivaNicoletta
12-01-2005, 05:40 AM
What would you consider movies/books such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Zorro, Plunkett and Mclean, Sleepy Hollow, Robin Hood, First Knight, Count Of Monte Cristo, Three Muskateers? I want to write a book using this genre, but I am not sure what it is, and would like to do some research into how marketable it is before I write the novel. And if anyone has written or read books like this, how marketable are they?
veinglory
12-01-2005, 05:51 AM
I would say that those with fantasy elements are fantasy and the rest historical/mainstream. The marketability depends on a number of other factors.
My-Immortal
12-01-2005, 05:55 AM
Adventure? Fantasy Adventure?
MadScientistMatt
12-01-2005, 05:55 AM
The traditional term for these was "romances" - but, obviously, the meaning's changed. Another old-fashioned word for them that I'm fond of is "swashbucklers."
jst5150
12-01-2005, 05:57 AM
Fantasy. However, most of those are based on classics. So, they'd be filed appropriately.
DivaNicoletta
12-01-2005, 06:08 AM
oooo swashbuckling! That is the term I was trying to think of. I am not planning on having fantasy, just swashbuckling... :banana:
DamaNegra
12-01-2005, 06:39 AM
Swashbuckling?? heheh it sounds like hitting something with a bucket, or maybe it's just me.
maestrowork
12-01-2005, 06:56 AM
Pirates of the Caribbean - fantasy
Zorro - adventure
Sleepy Hollow - fantasy
Robin Hood - adventure
First Knight - adventure/romance
Count Of Monte Cristo - literary/mainstream/adventure
Three Muskateers - adventure

It seems like you're aiming toward adventure with a bit of fantasy (or a lot) thrown in...
My-Immortal
12-01-2005, 07:37 AM
Pirates of the Caribbean - fantasy
Zorro - adventure
Sleepy Hollow - fantasy
Robin Hood - adventure
First Knight - adventure/romance
Count Of Monte Cristo - literary/mainstream/adventure
Three Muskateers - adventure

It seems like you're aiming toward adventure with a bit of fantasy (or a lot) thrown in...

Pirates of the Caribbean - Magic realism? :) Some people believe in curses and ghosts...and it was "set" in a real-world setting of the caribbean....(okay, I know, someone here will explain how it isn't magic realism -which is fine, I always like to learn something new).

Robin Hood - adventure/romance?

Sleepy Hollow - dark fantasy / fantasy/horror

Good job Ray. :)

Take care all -
Garpy
12-01-2005, 11:30 AM
surely all of them are 'historical adventure'?
MadScientistMatt
12-01-2005, 05:32 PM
Of course, there's a world of difference between Sleepy Hollow the movie, and the original story, the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. (http://www.bartleby.com/310/2/2.html) At the time, it was a contemporary story, and the "supernatural" elements seem to have another explanation altogether.
DivaNicoletta
12-02-2005, 01:46 AM
surely all of them are 'historical adventure'?


Just what I was thinking...
sassandgroove
12-03-2005, 01:57 AM
Not that I disagree with anyone's assesment, but write it first, the genre will take care of itself. :)