Thread: The Laws of Science Fiction
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Old 09-24-2010, 10:15 AM   #166
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
Let's try for another law:

Science Fiction can have Fantasy elements as well as SF elements, provided those Fantasy elements can be suggested to have a scientific explanation as to their existence, in satisfaction of the first law.

This doesn't necessarily mean every fantasy element must have a given scientific explanation in the story, but that it is generally accepted that there is one, and these fantasy elements do not somehow violate the laws of physics that are in place.
So that puts Anne McCaffrey's books firmly into SF; rather than fantasy....
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