Comment by elcapitan

Comment by elcapitan a day ago

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That's why I don't read Fantasy in the first place, but Scifi often has technological concepts and ideas that are interesting by itself. I don't give a damn about mountains, whether people have green or pink skin or the stupid songs they enjoy to sing though.

sethammons a day ago

> The difference between science fiction and fantasy…is simply this, science fiction has rivets, fantasy has trees.

-- Orson Scott Card

There is hard and soft types that muddy the quote, but it largely stands.

  • KineticLensman 17 hours ago

    Another definition that almost works is the distinction between Not-Yet-Possible and Never-Possible - although this may fail when things like Faster-Than-Light drives are considered.