Date: 2008-10-13 03:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] controuble.livejournal.com
There's a lot out there called science fiction that is really fantasy IMNSHO.

Date: 2008-10-13 05:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com
Damn straight.

Date: 2008-10-13 04:06 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] erik
What's the difference?

Date: 2008-10-13 04:07 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] naomikritzer
I like John Scalzi's differentiator, which is, "So, that McGuffin of Doom you're carrying around....does it have a battery?" If the answer is "yes, there is a tiny reactor core in the handle," then it's SF. If the answer is "no, I am drawing upon the universal life force to make it go," then it's fantasy.

Date: 2008-10-13 06:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bammba-m.livejournal.com
All science fiction might be able to be called fantasy, but not all fantasy can be called science fiction. unless "scienceless" is a new category of science fiction... oooh, actually, i bet that'd be cool.

Date: 2008-10-14 12:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tlunquist.livejournal.com
I am sure I made you read that term paper I wrote for Literary Criticism. Must I review?

Date: 2008-10-13 08:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rmeidaking.livejournal.com
Both, really. And mysteries. But not so much the romance, or the vampires, sorry.

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