Sorry, perhaps I should rephrase that: do you actually think people’s preferences change away from speculative fiction with age?
You mention liking fantasy now, and disliking it when you were fifteen; since magic, vampires, and friendly pink immortal horses (but not space aliens) are solidly in the fantasy department, aren’t you a counterexample to your own claim? Or have I completely misparsed your comments?
do you actually think people’s preferences change away from speculative fiction with age
I imagine that it depends on the person in question and can go either way. Clearly many people who like fairy tales as children do not enjoy them as much as adults. Some of them may switch to a more adult-oriented speculative fiction, while others stick with “earthfic”.
Sorry, perhaps I should rephrase that: do you actually think people’s preferences change away from speculative fiction with age?
You mention liking fantasy now, and disliking it when you were fifteen; since magic, vampires, and friendly pink immortal horses (but not space aliens) are solidly in the fantasy department, aren’t you a counterexample to your own claim? Or have I completely misparsed your comments?
I imagine that it depends on the person in question and can go either way. Clearly many people who like fairy tales as children do not enjoy them as much as adults. Some of them may switch to a more adult-oriented speculative fiction, while others stick with “earthfic”.
Ah, I get you.