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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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[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 hours ago

I don't think so... I mean it's really hard to draw to line. Like is Book of the New Sun sci-fi, or fantasy? One might think fantasy by looking at the cover or just reading the synopsis, but it really isn't a fantasy book.