Thread: Sub-genres of Science Fiction
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Old 12-20-2022, 11:27 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by McGonigle View Post
As a consequence of dispositions by some editors past of science fiction magazines (SF&F), somehow fantasy was seen as a valid extension warranting a subgenre, deservedly or not.
Heh! Most science fiction is fantasy from a scientific point of view. Faster than light travel and communications, time travel, transporters, normal gravity on space ships, no worries about radiation in space, high-volume trade between planets and star systems,... That "science" is just as imaginary as the magic in fantasy novels.

The mixing of SF and F is all about marketing. I'm sure that there is a large cross-over of fans that enjoy both and not much else, and many authors put the two together (e.g. Witch World series by Andre Norton).
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