r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Alextral • 2d ago

I really hate this

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Fantasy and science fiction being cramped in the same section, which is already so small :(

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u/Bardmedicine 2d ago

There is so much crossover, why make things difficult?

Where would you put Star Wars?

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u/Madmonkeman 2d ago

Sci-Fi because of the tech. I always base it off of the tech.

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u/Regular_Custard_4483 2d ago

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

-Some irrelevant nobody. (Arthur C Clark)

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u/Madmonkeman 2d ago

Ok but it would be ridiculous to call Lord of the Rings a sci-fi series.

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u/Regular_Custard_4483 2d ago edited 2d ago

I agree with you, utterly. I hate the lumping together of SFF mainly because I read this trash, and it makes it harder to find something good.

The further watering down of the genre with simplistic "YA" dross is almost as bad.

But hey, people are reading. Too bad it's the ones that need it least.

I only pointed it out because basing it just on the tech leaves behind those actual SFF melange novels. Deathstalker. Red Rising. Those are swashbucklers set in space. March Upcountry feels similar.

I think we've dealt with this because sometimes it really can be difficult to tell the difference.