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All valid but the caveat 'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic'. The line between what is science fiction and what is fantasy in
by apalmer 12y ago
All valid but the caveat 'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic'. The line between what is science fiction and what is fantasy in a future setting can be very thin.
- maxerickson 12y agoI'm basically arguing that any such line is arbitrary. The distinction between science fiction and fantasy is probably a useful one for helping readers find books they like. Going further than that seems like it is going to almost always involve a lot of personal preference.
- Florin_Andrei 12y agoDescribing the modern world to contemporaries of Socrates would be less like sci-fi, more like fantasy, to them.