10-31-2004, 02:57 PM | #11 | |
Elven Warrior
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_The Broken Bubble_ is more realist than either fantasy or science fiction. _Deus Irae_? Of course, one recognizes that the lines blur. Is Star Wars sci fi because it has space ships, or fantasy because it has "magic"? Is Dick a sci-fi writer because often his stories are set in a "futuristic" context, or is he a short story writer in the classic sense because he often asks the important and essential questions that many writers have asked, or is he fantasy because his books have "fantastic" elements, not all of which are science or technologically based? Left Hand of Darkness is another case in point-it takes place on a foreign planet-is it fantsy then or sci fi? |
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