Starlord Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 You can only pick one genre - WHICH ONE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 SciFi, but it really does depend, as it really does vary more wildly in the great to awful spectrum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 I picked SciFi, as I've never really been a fan of the Fantasy genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 The balance of my collection says fantasy. That said, as a true Herophile , I know they really are the same with variations of SFX in the setting's premise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Which one is Star Wars? RDU Neil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU Neil Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 1 minute ago, Ternaugh said: Which one is Star Wars? I lol'd... but fantasy... for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Mom! Dad! Don't make me choose! : RDU Neil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 SciFi can have elements of fantasy in it, but Fantasy dispels all technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Let's see...bad sci-fi is Voyager and the Star Wars prequels. Bad fantasy is Twilight. Sci-fi wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 I'd rather read science fiction (carefully chosen), but I find I can't (intentionally) write sci-fi. I can write fantasy. RDU Neil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 'There can be only one' comes from Highlander. Highlander is fantasy. Therefore this poll and question are rigged. I cry FOUL ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU Neil Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, Cancer said: I'd rather read science fiction (carefully chosen), but I find I can't (intentionally) write sci-fi. I can write fantasy. Great truth to this. Sci-fi requires a deep understanding of reality, so you can extrapolate logically from it. (SCIENCE!) Fantasy allows you to simply stipulate a certain thing exists, and then require internal consistency to that stipulation. (Well, good fantasy requires internal consistency.) Sci-fi requires a lot more rigor and expertise in SCIENCE!, while Fantasy requires rigor in imagination. I know the latter is easier for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 ... And for me, I have an additional issue: I know too much. I don't feel at liberty to play fast and loose with the science I know. RDU Neil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Hmm, I read a lot of contemporary Fantasy, so I suppose that would be my choice, but there is also SCI-FI in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Cancer said: ... And for me, I have an additional issue: I know too much. I don't feel at liberty to play fast and loose with the science I know. My third period underachievers routinely turn in science fiction that clearly demonstrates how little they know. wcw43921 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 7 hours ago, Cancer said: ... And for me, I have an additional issue: I know too much. I don't feel at liberty to play fast and loose with the science I know. You're no fun, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 4 hours ago, Pariah said: My third period underachievers routinely turn in science fiction that clearly demonstrates how little they know. They should switch majors to English. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Science fiction is a fantasy. And fantasy is a science fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 There are some fantasy works that I might characterize as anti-science fictions, but that may be me just being snarky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 12 minutes ago, Badger said: You're no fun, then. I knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 9 minutes ago, Cancer said: There are some fantasy works that I might characterize as anti-science fictions, but that may be me just being snarky. "pseudoscience fiction"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 I love both, but if I would have to choose, I would choose fantasy. Science-fiction tends to view the universe as something outside of ourselves, which exists with no regard for us. Fantasy tends to view the universe as something connected to us, and to which we matter. On the emotional and spiritual levels, I just find that more satisfying. Bazza 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Bazza said: "pseudoscience fiction"? Isn't fake false science just...science? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 17 minutes ago, Starlord said: Isn't fake false science just...science? ? Wait, what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 6 hours ago, Bazza said: "pseudoscience fiction"? Now we're talking about anti-vaxxers and homeopathic medicine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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