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Post by Skiv on Sept 1, 2004 16:11:44 GMT -5
*nods franticly*
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Post by TheRobFather on Sept 1, 2004 16:28:01 GMT -5
Not necisarily. The two can be coexistant.
Science [glow=blue,2,300]FICTION![/glow]
Anyway, if it is in a different world or something and it has future-like technology, what makes that Science Fiction?
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Post by The Evil Overlordess on Sept 1, 2004 20:24:34 GMT -5
They can coexist, as in a book having elements of each genre, but I hate it when bookstores lump Star Wars and Tolkien together under a sign reading 'science fiction.' One is science fiction, the other is clearly fantasy.
Science fiction generally depends upon technology. It's like, 'this is possible, given the correct level and advancements in technology,' but if it's not really possible, it's probably fantasy. Again, you can get them blending together.
I guess I see where it would be hard to shelve the books, then, because some fall into each category, but it still bothers me.
--TEO
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Post by TheRobFather on Sept 1, 2004 21:32:02 GMT -5
Another thing is that Science Fiction might happen or has a base of realism, while most other Fictions (exept for Realistic/Historical Fiction, hence the name) have no base of realism and couldn't actually happen.
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Post by The Evil Overlordess on Sept 1, 2004 21:35:04 GMT -5
Yepyep. That's it.
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Post by Skiv on Sept 1, 2004 21:36:16 GMT -5
Hear hear!! And like... Dragonlace? CLEARLY fantasy! Star Wars? CLEARLY Sci-Fi! But then they're stuck RIGHT by eachother! Fie!
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Post by TheRobFather on Sept 1, 2004 21:42:28 GMT -5
Yeah! Lets go rearrange all the bookstores everywhere!
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Post by Kirukelgyr on Sept 4, 2004 17:59:32 GMT -5
all my gorgeous wonderful marvelous Terry Pratchett Discworld Series are in Sci-Fi! They ARE FANTASY DRAT IT! IT SAYS!
Quote:
Pratchett is to fantasy what Adams was to sci-fi.
*points* *chants* PROOF! PROOF! PROOF!
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Post by The Evil Overlordess on Sept 4, 2004 18:54:42 GMT -5
YES!
I love making that comparison and watching the blank looks on peoples faces at both names.
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Post by Kirukelgyr on Sept 5, 2004 12:10:37 GMT -5
*gasp!* they don't even know Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?! AMAZING!
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Post by Skiv on Sept 5, 2004 23:30:04 GMT -5
*cackles* I need to read those books.
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Post by TheRobFather on Sept 8, 2004 19:52:00 GMT -5
Yes! I have heard of it! IT IS AN AWESOME BOOK!
I have a question for you all:
I have written two chapters for a story I think might be a cool story.
It is about a a group of intersteller "refugees" trying to restart their civilization (not humans, but look-a-likes). They were sent off to search for and colonize a star system, but a hundred years after they leave, the "Home System" government blows itself up in a civil war, completely wiping them out exept for the ship. They then have to go through many tough adventures to find a new home.
So what do you think? Fiction or Sci-Fi?
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Post by The Evil Overlordess on Sept 8, 2004 20:42:47 GMT -5
Sci-fi. Definately.
By the way, I'm reading Ursula K. LeGuin's The Telling right now. Can anyone tell me-- are all of her books as clumpy and stuffy? I don't find myself a fan of her style, though some of her ideas are interesting.
--TEO
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Post by TheRobFather on Sept 8, 2004 22:12:31 GMT -5
Huh... I'm not good with names... What other books has she written?
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Look at the lovely leaf Oz brought me!!
