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In lugnet.castle, Terry Prosper wrote:
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Thats the thing here. Theres a rivalry between .space and .castle that I
cant explain, that I dont fully understand, but its there. People laugh
about it, people make jokes, etc.
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I can explain it. It derives from the literary rivalry between fantasy and
sci-fi. The fantasy nerds and sci-fi nerds have always each been claiming
superiority over the others literary genre. I remember the second-last time I
bought a sci-fi novel, the guy at the counter said to me in all seriousness,
gee why are you reading sci-fi, its crap! You should be reading fantasy!. I
laughed at him.
Hollywood was on sci-fis side for a long time... and our final (rough) tally is
two flawed versions of Dune and some Philip K. Dick adaptations of varying
quality (did I miss a big literary adaptation somewhere?).
Then the fantasy nerds got their best series of fantasy novels made into the
best movie trilogy in history. No comparison really. *shrug*
Cheers,
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