What would be the difference, if any, between someone writing a retro-style sci-fi novel in the style of those from the 60's or 70's, versus someone who had read those books from the 60's or 70's and wasn't aware of anything else?
>>7712498
>And wasn't aware of anything else
What does this mean? Does this human exist in a vacuum or are they living now with all our culture and no other books than 60s-70s sci-fi?
the writer who'd read more would be able to bring a richer experience to the novel and be able to expand the genre.
I don't get your question. The main difference would be that one wrote and published a book as a job while the other reads in his spare time.
>>7712521
Not really, yoiu can read a lot and be a really poor writter. Consimunig isn't training for production.
>>7712498
wat?
>>7712551
>Not really, yoiu can read a lot and be a really poor writter. Consimunig isn't training for production.
Not really, you don't get it. He isn't asking for a tier system of which is better, he is asking what would be the difference, as in the first words of his sentence he posted. Your spelling is also primary level.
>>7712498
Are you asking: Who would write a better 70s sci-fi novel, a novelist in the 70s or a modern novelists purposely emulating that style whose work is transported back in time to compete against it?
>>7712632
Let's go with that. For me to better describe what I'm asking would require a wall of text.
So you want to write a transistor-age sci fi story?
The problem with your question is you aren't specific enough about what kind of 'difference' you mean.
A modetn writer would have to do some research to make his story sound authentically like the period you mention.
