2nd August 2004, 8:56 AM
Sci-fi is harder to write than fantasy, mainly because you need to actually know something about how technology works if you want to make a coherent story.
I agree with that. But usually when I talk about fantasy and sci-fi, I'm talking about two distinct styles of books. Sci-fi deals with advanced technology and space, while fantasy deals with magic and usually in a medieva-style setting although not necessarily.
Quote:To me, sci-fi has to include some science, so stuff like LotR or Wheel of Time can't be considered sci-fi. There are no machines or computers or anything like that. However, sci-fi could certainly be fantasy, so I guess the correct way to think of it is that sci-fi is a subset of fantasy, and not the other way around or 2 distinct genres. I just always get frustrated when I have to go look in the sci-fi section (since I have never been a big fan of sci-fi) of some book store to find a book about elves and magic and a world without science, so I'm grumpy about that.
I agree with that. But usually when I talk about fantasy and sci-fi, I'm talking about two distinct styles of books. Sci-fi deals with advanced technology and space, while fantasy deals with magic and usually in a medieva-style setting although not necessarily.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.