Re: conlangs in fiction (was: Re: Conlangs in History)

On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Dennis Paul Himes wrote:

> Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> wrote:
> >
> > Any of y'all writing/submitting sf?  =^)
>
>     Sally Caves is, I believe, temporarily off the list, but when she's on
> it she's one of our most active members, and she has been published in F&SF
> and has sold a script to Star Trek.
I'll watch for her.  That's really neat.

[snip]
>     I hope to have the novella finished by the turn of the century.  When
> it's done I'll put it on the web.
>     As for why I'm not submitting, part of the answer can be found in the
> quotes from that other list about the "market".  If an editor has a problem
> with "Botlop", imagine what his reaction would be to "sa Mrenep sa
> hreLaxreot Lelemle sa Lele we Nmusysy".
Let me know when it's up and I'll read it.  :-)

I think if you're writing alien-contact and things like that, especially
in sf, editors may be rather more tolerant of "weird looking" language.
But high fantasy tends to be a lot less tolerant of deviance from certain
formulae.  <sigh>

YHL