> From: Marvin Long, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > 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.
I'd add the qualification that SF is generally allowed 1 (or maybe a few) radically unrealistic element(s). This is almost always hyperspace or some sort of greater than light speed travel. But it doesn't have to be. - jmh _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
