----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hobby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 1:21 PM Subject: Re: brin-l-books stats
> William T Goodall wrote: > > > > On 1 Jun 2004, at 1:42 pm, David Hobby wrote: > > > > > Doug Pensinger wrote: > > > > > > "Science"? Including classical science fiction elements does > > > not make a story "science fiction" to me. They have to be used > > > according to a rigorous internal logic. > > > > So you agree that 'Star Wars' isn't science fiction then? > > Sadly, I think it is. The story does not need to be logically > developed, as long as the universe it is set in is. > Star Wars is High Heroic Fantasy dressed up in Skiffy Drag. Note: That is not "Science Fiction Drag"! *That* incorporates something resembling science, which Star Wars contains not one iota of. Perdido Street Station is a Fantasy dressed up in Science Fiction Drag. Star Trek is SciFI dressed up in Science Fiction Drag. (Skiffy = SciFi) xponent Pedant Maru rob
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