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Re: Tractor beam?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:48:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Matthew Miller writes:
> > Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote:
> > > What's fantasy got to do with it? Just because bookstores misfile David
> > > Eddings in the SF section doesn't make fantasy science fiction.
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> > On the contrary -- much science fiction is fantasy.
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> Before we go any farther with this we must all acknowledge that there is
> no set definition of science fiction or fantasy, nor is there any solid
> distinction between them. If you ask ten fans for a definition you'll
> likely wind up with fifteen answers; it all depends on your assumptions
> about the genre.
That's one reason I like the term F&SF (Fantasy and Science Fiction). It
nicely lumps everything together, though it is still hard to define (really,
most fiction could be considered fantasy). There certainly are books I would
consider part of the genre which you are not likely to find in the F&SF section
of your local bookstore (Harry Potter for one, it's perfectly good fantasy,
though you will almost always find it in the children's section).
Frank
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| (...) Before we go any farther with this we must all acknowledge that there is no set definition of science fiction or fantasy, nor is there any solid distinction between them. If you ask ten fans for a definition you'll likely wind up with fifteen (...) (24 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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