Adrianne, we're really among the enlightened in that regard. A lot of other SF fans I posed this question to were confused.
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: adrianne.bren...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:12:50 -0400 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Is Cross-Genre SF Killing Science Fiction? Science fiction will be around for as long as fiction exists. While cross-genres can confuse what science fiction is (I actually saw a post that wondered at the differences between paranormal and scifi, and could fiction be both? My reply was yes), it's not going to kill the genre. It just means taking the time to refine it more. I have a cross-genre sci-fi coming out soon myself, and I had no problems explaining that fantasy was magic, science fiction was fiction about science, futuristic meant...well, the future...and paranormal meant psychic abilities. You can have science fiction that's contemporary or historical, you can have it without paranormal elements, you can have paranormal that isn't science fiction...et cetera. I'm not confused. Just more variety to read! :D ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> wrote: Last week, if memory serves, someone (forgive me for not naming you -- memory still plays havoc) posed the question if SF itself was dead/dying. This is a short piece, not really fleshed out on its own or in comments. I'm hoping we can beef it up a bit ourselves. http://wisb.blogspot.com/2009/09/crossing-genres-is-cross-genre-sf.html "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. Check it out. _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009
