stbenge wrote:
> Dan Byers wrote:
>>> Poll: What do you like more?
>>> a) hard science fiction
>>> b) fantastical sci-fi
>>> c) space operas
>>
>> What would your definition of b) be (no pun intended)?  What's a good 
>> example of
>> this??
> 
> Grass, Sheri S. Tepper
> http://www.amazon.com/Grass-Sheri-S-Tepper/dp/0553285653
> 
> My mom suggested this book to me, but I just couldn't get into it. It 
> was too frickin' boring.
> 
> Also, the Pern (one letter off from porn) series by Anne McCaffrey. I 
> read one book of it, and had a hard time finishing it. Fantasy sci-fi 
> just isn't that interesting, IMO.

Hmm, I wouldn't describe the Pern stories as fantasy, unless you ignore 
all the prologues and some of the later (and lesser) books. But they 
certainly appear superficially fantastical (the word 'dragon' mainly... 
:)). Just goes to show that there's a finer line than people might think 
between these three categories.

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy the one you tried, I remember the first one I 
read was a little hard going simply because of all the new words and 
strange names she'd thought up. They get much easier. Which one did you 
read first? It should have been Dragonflight, or you wouldn't have 
understood a thing! :)

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