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Originally Posted by dickon25
I clicked the 'Fantasy' tab because, of the two, that's the one I read most. But I do read some SF as well - Greg Bear, Peter Hamilton, Asimov and others. I'm never quite sure why the two are lumped into one genre, because to me they are completely different. As someone else said above, SF is the art of the possible, or even probable, but fantasy is exactly that!
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Think of them both as subsets of a larger genre called "fantastic literature", and it may be more understandable. And it's very hard to draw a dividing line and put things on one side or the other. Too many edge cases that can be either one, depending upon how you define the terms.
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I'm just about to start Game of Thrones, 1st in the Song of Fire and Ice series by George Martin. I haven't read any of his stuff yet so wish me luck!!
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I wish you joy, actually. George is an old friend, and you have a treat in store.
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Dennis