Thread: The difference between Science-Fiction and Fantasy
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Old 01-15-2011, 06:33 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Are Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Barsoom" novels SF or Fantasy? I'd put them very much in the "Fantasy" category, myself!
I haven't read them (yet), but there are undoubtedly books that fall in the middle of both extremes. Another simplistic difference would be that science-fiction tends to explain things, while in fantasy they are "just because".

Terry Pratchett's Discworld is mainly fantasy, but has some traits of science fiction too, although a very particular "science"
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