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Question: should this be a fantasy-free zone? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 hours ago by AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

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I read a lot of both SF and fantasy. Most communities I've dealt with have commingled the genres, in part because the line between them can be blurry. Is this community supposed to be strictly SF, or are discussions of fantasy also okay?

I was going to post my mini review of Days of Shattered Faith, by Adrian Tchaikovsky, but it's clearly fantasy (though Tchaikovsky writes quite a lot of SF), so I thought I should ask.

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That's how I personally feel about it as well, but on one of my DCC reviews there was a small argument about whether it's SF or not, and it made me wonder what people generally felt.

[–] lemmyng@piefed.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

There's always going to be people who gatekeep sci-fi. "That story is fantasy", "the science is unrealistic," "I only read hard sci-fi..."

I take a more liberal stance on the matter: stories can have many genres, and if one of them is sci-fi then it's good enough. DCC to me is fantasy/dark comedy in a sci-fi setting, so it's perfectly cromulent for this community.

If things get too busy in the future I may advocate for splitting by subgenre for example, but in the end as long as there is a reliable enough way to filter posts I see no point in excluding contributions made in good faith.