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[mrissa]

And here's the second Meme Therapy question I answered: "Is it worth maintaining the thin red line between Science Fiction and Fantasy?" Oh, just guess what the gist of my answer was. C'mon. You can do it. I believe in you.

Comments

[evangoer.livejournal.com]

Good question. Or for that matter, Accelerando: SF or F? :D

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Science fiction. It's got spaceships in it! And there's no magic in it. Yes, a lot of stuff looks like magic; but it's given a scientific rationale, so of course it's not fantasy.

Now: What if there's what looks like fantasy elements, but the readers and the author agree that this kind of magic is part of the real world? Examples: Some New Age novels and the Left Behind series.