Thread: Is Science Fiction dead?
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Old 06-03-2011, 11:49 PM   #49
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Originally Posted by crich70 View Post
Because if you go back far enough they have a common origin. They're two sides of the same coin. Spacemen fly in spaceships while the being of Fantasy ride dragons or have wooden ships that fly through the air. And as Arthur C. Clarke said," Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Sci-Fi is different from fantasy in that its 'technology' is arguably possible. What is the first real Sci-Fi novel? By H.G.Wells? I'm guessing Sci-Fi emerged with the rise of the machine.
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