Sci-Fi, Fantasy or both?

[S53]

Choose, you must.

 

[Solomon Kane]

Had to go with both.
Although I do tend to favor Sci-fi over fantasy.
Which is only because my favorite fantasy style is of the "Sword and Sorcery" sub-genera. Which currently has very little representation on market.

 

[meader]

definatly sci fi over fanatasy

 

[LadyNRA]

LOL! Yeah, for decades sword and sorcery was my favorite subgenre, Conan, Kull...all the books by Lin Carter, DeCamp, many of the ER Burroughs off-world books, and so on. Now, there is little of that. I enjoy SF (scifi) but NOT the war stuff. If it is space or land battles and little else, this is just a turn off. I want action and adventure and exploring new worlds (like Alan Dean Foster does so well), no battles.

 

[meader]

Robert Heinlein is my favorite I've liked every one of his books that I've read so far although I don't appreciate his portrayal of marraige and sexuality in the future I really his enjoy the stories. I'm currently reading John Whyndam's day of the triffads which is outstanding.

 

[IzzyPop]

I had to go with fantasy. I read some Sci-Fi, but the majority of my bookshelf contains epic fantasy.

 

[BereanTodd]

I voted fantasy. I do like sci-fi, but I LOVE fantasy and the two are not close in any way (on my scale of personal likes).

 

[pgp_protector]

Depends on what day of the week it is.

 

[emilylauren]

For me, Sci-fi is for watching (TV, movies) while fantasty is for reading. :]

I just feel like everything gets bogged down when you have to read about the technological aspects to everything. It's better to just see how something works (although some shows still try to narrate their actions "I'm pushing the Giant Red Button... now!") Fantasy, however, usually has less "explanations", although a few inexperienced writers still go overboard. Not as much as with Sci-fi, I've found, though.

 

[pgp_protector]

For me, Sci-fi is for watching (TV, movies) while fantasty is for reading. :]

I just feel like everything gets bogged down when you have to read about the technological aspects to everything. It's better to just see how something works (although some shows still try to narrate their actions "I'm pushing the Giant Red Button... now!") Fantasy, however, usually has less "explanations", although a few inexperienced writers still go overboard. Not as much as with Sci-fi, I've found, though.

So No Ring World for ya then I take it

 

[Tariel]

I probably should have said Fantasy because it is my old genre love, but I've been on a major Sci-Fi kick lately and can't imagine not listing that one, so I said both. Besides, what I really like is a good mix of elements from both genres.

 

[crishmael]

Had to go with both. Couldn't find a good way to pick one over the other.

 

[S53]

Looks like if you like Fantasy, you also like Sci-Fi. And vice versa. Interesting. I expected a lot more "Fantasy". Cool.

 

[Tariel]

Looks like if you like Fantasy, you also like Sci-Fi. And vice versa. Interesting. I expected a lot more "Fantasy". Cool.

There's a reason the genres are normally listed together.

 

[Eathray]

Sci-fi and fantasy both do the same thing. They take us far away from the horrors of the present.

Eathray
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[Kharak]

Sci-fi and fantasy both do the same thing. They take us far away from the horrors of the present.

Eathray
annoapocalypsis.blogspot.com

If Slaughterhouse Five was trying to take me away from the horrors of the present, I'd contend that the present really isn't that bad. That is, compared to being burned alive. That would suck.

 

[Wrexscar]

Mostly Fantasy, Feist, Eddings and Gemmal but I've been buying and reading my way throught the Star wars books for the last 2 years so it has to be both.

 

[Eathray]

If Slaughterhouse Five was trying to take me away from the horrors of the present, I'd contend that the present really isn't that bad. That is, compared to being burned alive. That would suck.

Slaughterhouse Five? Haven't seen it. I'm sure an exception can be found to any statement.

In general, Star Wars and Star Trek do the same thing as Lord of the Rings and Narnia. They take us away to fantastic worlds were good always triumphs over evil. We don't see enough of that in our world.

 

[Kharak]

Slaughterhouse Five? Haven't seen it. I'm sure an exception can be found to any statement.

In general, Star Wars and Star Trek do the same thing as Lord of the Rings and Narnia. They take us away to fantastic worlds were good always triumphs over evil. We don't see enough of that in our world.

Slaughterhouse Five is a science-fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut that focuses on an American POW and events surrounding the firebombing of Dresden late in the Second World War (along with a healthy dose of time travel). The actual references to Dresden in the novel are quite real: Vonnegut was a soldier that was captured and truly did get to see the firebombing in its most horrific form as a clear atrocity. The novel takes its name from the building in which he and his fellow soldiers were kept.

 

[Repairman Jack]

The days of high adventure.