On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > Well Star Wars is hardly SF... > > No, Star Wars is definitely SF. It's just terribly bad SF on certain > levels. Under what genre would you classify Star Wars if not under SF?
Some would make the puritanical distinction between SF (realistic physical universe with only one or two futurish changes, examined in a sophisticated manner, while the hero fondles green alien hoochie-mamas) and Sci Fi (spaceships fly around the galaxy and blow shit up while the hero fondles green alien hoochie-mamas). In such a scheme, it makes sense to say that Star Wars is Sci Fi but not SF despite its appallingly low incidence of green alien hoochie-mamas. Was the poll for "SF" heros or "Sci Fi" heros? Marvin Long GCU Hooch Hooch Baby Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) http://www.breakyourchains.org/john_poindexter.htm _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
