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Old 01-17-2011, 01:29 AM   #53
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Originally Posted by starrigger View Post

But I think an equally valid way to look at it is to say that it's all fantasy--set in worlds that aren't our world, and with rules that may be different--and science fiction is a subset of fantasy in which there's an assumption that science and/or logical extrapolation is an essential part. We can envision these settings and stories being real based on the world and the science we know, with perhaps some bending of the science allowed in the course of the extrapolation.
I think this is a good point. A lot of the time it's pretty clearly fantasy simply because it isn't Earth. Makes it easier.

I agree with this. Sci-fi as a subset of fantasy.
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