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Originally Posted by theducks
Science has caught up with the Fiction  , That leaves only Magik  |
This. I think many people have a heard time imagining how things will develop, since science has reached a level where most people can't keep up, unless they actively work or study in the field.
For authors, you need to do quite a big amount of research, if you want something that is explained properly and sounds feasible. With fantasy, the setting is already "Well, elves and dragons are here, so I might as well do anything", and thus easier to write.
If you settle for a random story IN SPACE, then it doesn't really matter if it takes place a long long time ago, or 10.000 years from now, as long as your plot device is working.
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Originally Posted by starrigger
I think it's true that good SF demands more of the reader than does fantasy.
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I agree. To me, SF requires way more fantasy than, well, fantasy. :P The concepts are often much more demanding to comprehend, than "In a hole, there lives a hobbit".
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Originally Posted by Catlady
Romance IS the genre. Historical, Western, paranormal--those are just the setting.
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I think that if many of the books that sell well, were marketed/filed under Romance, then they wouldn't have reached such a wide audience. Twilight for instance.