I think Paranormal is usually in the horror section, but there are things like unexplainable phenomena that does not deal with ghosts that could be in scifi.
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Adrianne Brennan < adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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.<http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009> >> >> > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
