Comments on: Neologisms, Pseudowords, & The Pleasures of Deviant Language in Fantastika http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/02/neologisms-pseudowords-the-pleasures-of-deviant-language-in-fantastika/ A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy, computers and the web. Fri, 24 May 2013 02:18:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Abhinav Jain (@abhinavjain87) http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/02/neologisms-pseudowords-the-pleasures-of-deviant-language-in-fantastika/#comment-132598 Abhinav Jain (@abhinavjain87) Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:28:50 +0000 http://www.sfsignal.com/?p=71393#comment-132598 Thanks for the shoutout for my guest post series!

]]> By: Zachary Jernigan http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/02/neologisms-pseudowords-the-pleasures-of-deviant-language-in-fantastika/#comment-132502 Zachary Jernigan Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:52:27 +0000 http://www.sfsignal.com/?p=71393#comment-132502 Well, John, you didn’t tear me apart. I’m happy with that. Also, this was wonderful. I particularly love your deconstruction of the term “deviant” as it relates to the subject at hand.

]]> By: Paul (@princejvstin) http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/02/neologisms-pseudowords-the-pleasures-of-deviant-language-in-fantastika/#comment-132485 Paul (@princejvstin) Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:24:10 +0000 http://www.sfsignal.com/?p=71393#comment-132485 Thanks, John.

I think you are missing a pleasure that some authors do with neologisms and new words and concepts in genre.

The pleasure of creation: the pleasure of marveling at what the author is building. Not just because its new, transformative, struggle or identification, but marvel at the edifice created.

The gee-whiz factor of an ansible, a ringworld, or a palantir…

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