[vintagefury]

Just to dash a quick note, I'm with Marvolo on this one. Character over setting, por vida.

That's a cute quote, vis-a-vis character study and how it's been done before. But Dostoevsky didn't write about technology and potential societal development and its affect on the individual. He wrote about Turks shooting babies in the face and how we deal with that (was it Turks? It's been awhile for me, but strikes me that everybody hates the Turks). He wrote in his own time. Who's to look down on me if I'd rather read about John from Brave New World over the Underground Man?

Setting is important, but if it supercedes character, it's pointless. I don't love Star Wars because of spaceships and a vast galaxy (although those are pretty rad), I like it because of Skywalker and Vader and Han Solo's amazing pants. The Gungan city looked awesome, but wow did I want every last one of those guys dead.

And god damnit, I want to be a Jedi. Primarily for telekinesis. But that's an entirely different thread.