I’m not sure when it was written, but I ran across this list of the best science fiction and fantasy books this century, and I resonated with the ones I’ve read, so I thought I’d see what others thought of it. Have you read many of them?

  • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    I hear what you’re saying, but it’s so widely done - even a lot of bookstores do it - I can see why the author would. Plus there really are some books that have elements of both. You could argue that Dune is one of those.

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      1 year ago

      Absolutely!

      A lot of what people call science fiction is not at all science based, and is completly fantasy. Dune as you said, and Star Wars are the most obvious examples. Even Star Trek really, is more fantasy than sci-fi. It’s really only what people call “hard science fiction” that’s purely not fantasy.