The Fool wrote:
> SFX magazine has published a list of the top 10 science-fiction > characters of all time, as determined by a poll of readers. The results > of the poll include four characters from UPN's Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
Nick replied:
SciFi.com and some other similar sites and mags, often refer to "genre" books, movies, and TV shows. By "genre," they usually mean, science fiction, science fantasy (or "space fantasy," like _Star Wars_ or the recent Joss Whedon show _Firefly_), general fantasy (like LotR), contemporary fantasy (like _Buffy_, or _Enchantment_ by Orson Scott Card), horror, and anything that is printed in comic book format, even if it has none of the above elements. Presumably, SFX does something similar, although I don't think I've ever actually read it.And the "science" in Buffy is exactly what?
So even though they worded their poll as being about "science-fiction" characters, most of their regular readers would have probably understood that to mean "genre" characters.
Reggie Bautista
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