You're right, they aren't pure fantasy, but they aren't Sci-Fi either...
Just because there's a computer and they colonized the world in starships doesn't mean it's Sci-Fi. The main plot point are still the Dragons which firmly belong into Fantasy (even if they are gene-engineered).
Talents I rate as Fantasy becuase the main plot point are the "Talents", but I guess you could argue it's Sci-Fi because there's an interstellar civilization and the talents supposedly are genetic mutations.
But really, let's not argue what is Sci-Fi and what is Fantasy - let's just say we love it!
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Originally Posted by HarryT
You'd classify these as fantasy?
The early Pern books may give the appearance of fantasy, but I think that the later books in the series bring the whole thing firmly into the SF "camp".
The "Talent" books are (IMHO) unquestionably SF.
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