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Maybe you have chosen this topic during a debate with friends, too. – What’s the difference between fantasy and science fiction? Or is science fiction even a sub-genre of fantasy? MY answer to the 2nd questions is: NOPE, it isn’t it.
Fantasy
Ok. – What’s, in my opinion, fantasy? Of course, those typical worlds with wizards, elves and giants. But fantasy has a lot of sub-genre. Dark fantasy, urban fantasy, etc.. Especially in YA, urban fantasy is the most used sub-genre of fantasy. I mean, just think about Harry Potter or Percy Jackson. Well… I think, the most people connect fantasy with products of your mind. And yeah! If you use the last description, science fiction would be fantasy as well.
Science Fiction
However, science fiction is so much more! While fantasy is often a true piece of (light) entertainment (and a snack for the reader), science fiction can truly f*ck your mind. Ok. Star Wars may be a snack of films. But hey! Maybe you watched Matrix. Now think back to the first time you watched it. Right! Your mind was blown like a raw egg in the microwave. It had so much symbolic, which fantasy haven’t these days. (Old stories in fantasy have it. But hey! Have you ever met a kid or teen, who has READ Lord of the Rings these days?) Of course, science fiction can be a snack of entertainment, too. I mean, last year I read a book where Cinderella is a cyborg and set in a futuristic Asian. But in Overall, science fiction is so much more than fantasy.
But what’s your opinion? Are you more “Team sci fi” or “Team fantasy (and sci fi is a subgenre for you)”? And why?
Fantasy
Ok. – What’s, in my opinion, fantasy? Of course, those typical worlds with wizards, elves and giants. But fantasy has a lot of sub-genre. Dark fantasy, urban fantasy, etc.. Especially in YA, urban fantasy is the most used sub-genre of fantasy. I mean, just think about Harry Potter or Percy Jackson. Well… I think, the most people connect fantasy with products of your mind. And yeah! If you use the last description, science fiction would be fantasy as well.
Science Fiction
However, science fiction is so much more! While fantasy is often a true piece of (light) entertainment (and a snack for the reader), science fiction can truly f*ck your mind. Ok. Star Wars may be a snack of films. But hey! Maybe you watched Matrix. Now think back to the first time you watched it. Right! Your mind was blown like a raw egg in the microwave. It had so much symbolic, which fantasy haven’t these days. (Old stories in fantasy have it. But hey! Have you ever met a kid or teen, who has READ Lord of the Rings these days?) Of course, science fiction can be a snack of entertainment, too. I mean, last year I read a book where Cinderella is a cyborg and set in a futuristic Asian. But in Overall, science fiction is so much more than fantasy.
But what’s your opinion? Are you more “Team sci fi” or “Team fantasy (and sci fi is a subgenre for you)”? And why?