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Subject:	Re: StudWars presents : .castle vs. .space !!!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general
Date:	Fri, 5 Mar 2004 01:20:30 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Terry Prosper wrote:

That’s the thing here. There’s a rivalry between .space and .castle that I can’t explain, that I don’t fully understand, but it’s there. People laugh about it, people make jokes, etc.

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, it’s crap! You should be reading fantasy!”. I laughed at him.

Hollywood was on sci-fi’s 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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		Re: StudWars presents : .castle vs. .space !!!
(...) I don't think I've ever personally experienced that. Maybe it's a result of coming from a more enlightened geekdom that embraces both (and sometimes combines them). Might come from growing up on Pern novels (which, ironically, the local (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)

		Re: StudWars presents : .castle vs. .space !!!
(...) I wouldn't describe LOTR as the best trilogy in history. Not even second. To me, the original SW trilogy is superior. I'd also put the Godfather trilogy ahead, even though it's far from the topics discussed here. And, oh, and Back to the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)

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		Re: StudWars presents : .castle vs. .space !!!
(...) Can you imagine a StuWars between .train and... hmmm.... ? That's the thing here. There's a rivalry between .space and .castle that I can't explain, that I don't fully understand, but it's there. People laugh about it, people make jokes, etc. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)

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