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Originally Posted by crich70
I've always understood that they are two sides of the same coin. For example if you ask a computer to make something for you ala Star Trek replicators then it's SF, but if you as a genie to do it then it's Fantasy. Publishers & traditional book stores put the two together as well as do libraries. And some things blur the line between one and the other. Star Wars for example. Is it Fantasy or SF? Or a little of both?
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Star Trek is science fiction.
Dungeons and Dragons is fantasy. They are very different.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (cozy mystery) is very different then say a
Jack Reacher book. Sure there can be a mystery and murder in both, but the books are just so different that to put them together in the same category is not a good idea.
Yes, there can be overlap in science fiction and fantasy, but most science fiction and fantasy books fall into one category or the other.