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Darren New wrote:
> I just like making the distinction between "science fiction" and
> "fantasy set in the future". Fifth Element is fantasy set in the
> future, not science fiction.
I think there are genres where the name actually makes a distinction. A
murder mystery isn't a murder mystery if there's no murder and no mystery.
Even a murder mystery revealed at the beginning (like Colombo, for example)
isn't a murder mystery but rather a police procedural.
I prefer reserving "science fiction" for those stories that are about the
affect of science on people rather than merely stories about people in the
future.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Eiffel - The language that lets you specify exactly
that the code does what you think it does, even if
it doesn't do what you wanted.
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