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/earth_west_420 2d ago

Star Wars is high fantasy. There's no science.

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u/Gelato_Elysium 2d ago

Here comes the "ackshually" guys lol

No but for real, despite not having science, the layman understanding of the terms is : Sci-fi = future, technology, fantasy = Past.

Even if sci fi is supposed to have science in it, it's just how it is represented in the collective mind.

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u/earth_west_420 2d ago

"Fantasy" also doesn't mean "past", like, at all. It means "fantasy world". Pretty sure Eragon was a fantasy book set in modern times. Lord of the Rings wasn't set in the past, it was set on a different world.

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u/_LeBuckyBarnes_ 2d ago

Eragon? Like the Dragon book series? Wasn't it like your classic fantasy world with Elves, Dwarves and no modern technology?