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Originally Posted by Geralt
Sci-fi IMO. More so than Fantasy.
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Originally Posted by crich70
It has a flavor of alternate history about it though there is also a bit of science fantasy in it as well I think.
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Originally Posted by Geralt
I agree with you.
If you take Jules Verne for example, he could be considered as writing in steampunk, but for him it was probably science fiction. However, real science turned out differently, so those kind of works totter between historical science fiction and fantasy.
I like that category of alternate history, but if you wanted to be really general about it, I think sci-fi is more encompassing of the steampunk genre.
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I think it really depends on the author and book. Quite a few have zombies, vampires or other "fantasy" monsters in them. Others have magicians/magic of some form. Sometimes "explained" by the use of some previously unknown substance, sometimes not. Many just have much more advanced steam powered technology and lots of big trains and airships. Because of the variation I tend to lump it under "speculative fiction" rather than calling it specifically SF or F. I haven't read a lot of it either way though, just 8 books over the last 3+ years.