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Originally Posted by charlesatan
Because at the heart of it, both SF and Fantasy are about what people tend to regard as unrealistic (although arguably all Fiction is unrealistic). My favorite quote is from Philip K. Dick on the difference:
There is also the set of fictional tropes that they share. And let's not even get into the debate whether titles like Star Wars, Star Trek, Warhammer 40k, Dune, the Dying Earth, is really science fiction or fantasy...
I'm not a snob, so I'm perfectly fine with paranormal "stuff" being placed in the fantasy section.
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I don't agree with Dick (that sounds a bit crude). I regard science fiction as both plausible and possible - given time and sufficient technological advances. Zombies, dragons, werewolves, vampires and their many variations are pure fantasy - never going to be real. There is a distinct difference between possible science and fantasy. I enjoy SF, but dislike all fantasy, except possibly for things like Alice or Peter Pan etc., children's stories are a different type of fantasy.