There’s a kind of fiction I call “atmospheric” which moves along less due to plot developments and more due to background mood-setting elements evolving. Almost like bass-line plots. First noticed it in Daphne du Maurier. Few do it well. I’d like to learn that 🤔.
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Would you describe HP Lovecraft as such? He's the first that comes to mind for me.
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I've been noticing this a lot in newer comics, mostly by younger cartoonists. I find it kind of maddening and unsatisfying. A book can be really fun and endearing, then suddenly it's over and nothing's happened. It's like "ok, I guess that's what they intended, but... meh."
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Michael Ward discusses this whole notion in his book, Planet Narnia. His shorthand term for it is ‘Donegality’
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_in_ and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dispo both feel like good examples of this.
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Have you read Stasiland? Nonfiction, but very evocative style which I enjoyed. Loved it.







