I feel you on that. There probably needs to have a better labeling system. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Adrianne Brennan < adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Which weirds me out, frankly. I can see where > vampires/ghosts/witches/demons/angels and other supernatural creatures would > be in horror, but certainly not paranormal elements such as telepathy, ESP, > and any other psychic ability. > Paranormal's become a pretty broad, almost nebulous category these days. > > ~ "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 Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> 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/ >> >> >> > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
