http://suvudu.com/2009/05/wheres-the-science-fiction.html Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games Fri, 25 May 2012 08:31:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 http://suvudu.com/2009/05/wheres-the-science-fiction.html/comment-page-1#comment-6998 Kyle M. Wed, 06 May 2009 01:26:06 +0000 http://wp.suvudu.com/2009/05/wheres-the-science-fiction.html#comment-6998 All things equal, Eris, I think I like your line of thinking best. Well said. Also, thanks for the author rec, never read Tepper before, but now I want to check out her work. All things equal, Eris, I think I like your line of thinking best. Well said. Also, thanks for the author rec, never read Tepper before, but now I want to check out her work.

]]> http://suvudu.com/2009/05/wheres-the-science-fiction.html/comment-page-1#comment-6997 eris esoteric Wed, 06 May 2009 00:05:51 +0000 http://wp.suvudu.com/2009/05/wheres-the-science-fiction.html#comment-6997 According to John Scalzi: "here’s how you know the difference. You walk up to the main character of the story in question and say: “Hey! Main character! That deus ex machina doodad you have on your belt, does it have, like, a battery?” If he says “Why, yes, there’s a tiny nuclear fuel cell in there that will power this baby for 10,000 planetary revolutions,” well, then, you’ve got some science fiction there. If he says, “Of course not, it was forged in the eternal flames of Mount [insert typewriter spasm here] by the dwarves who serve the elder and/or fallen god [insert second typewriter spasm here], and holds captive his immortal soul” or some such, well, that’s fantasy. Everything else is pretty much elaboration and variation on the point." According to Orson Scott Card: "Science Fiction is about what happens to society when something changes. Fantasy is about the price of power." Me? If I feel an attack of Definethegenreitis coming on, I just kick back and read some Sherri S. Tepper and I find it goes away quickly. According to John Scalzi:
“here’s how you know the difference. You walk up to the main character of the story in question and say: “Hey! Main character! That deus ex machina doodad you have on your belt, does it have, like, a battery?”
If he says “Why, yes, there’s a tiny nuclear fuel cell in there that will power this baby for 10,000 planetary revolutions,” well, then, you’ve got some science fiction there. If he says, “Of course not, it was forged in the eternal flames of Mount [insert typewriter spasm here] by the dwarves who serve the elder and/or fallen god [insert second typewriter spasm here], and holds captive his immortal soul” or some such, well, that’s fantasy. Everything else is pretty much elaboration and variation on the point.”
According to Orson Scott Card:
“Science Fiction is about what happens to society when something changes.
Fantasy is about the price of power.”
Me? If I feel an attack of Definethegenreitis coming on, I just kick back and read some Sherri S. Tepper and I find it goes away quickly.

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