I really like Fantasy fiction. This genre usually has a story set in something like medieval times involving battles between good and evil and human interactions with those forces. There are aways elements of magic and mystery. The best writers are authors like David Gemmel, Terry Brooks, Philip Pulman and of course Tolkein. Technology, in these stories, is primitive, basic. They ,generally, don't have computers or mobile phones.
Science fiction focuses on stories set on other planets - they usually focus on science, advanced technologies, outer space, aliens, intergalactic battles etc
Completely different genres (in my mind). So why do bookshops and libraries shove them all together under one heading Sci-fi.
Fantasy fiction has very little to do with sci fi, if anything. I had a 'robust' discussion with the owner of the Big Green this eve as again I noticed fantasy fiction - prominent display of Robin Hobbs books(all set in medieval landscape) all under the heading of Sci Fi.......I've heard all the arguments (as to why)and I DISAGREE WITH ALL OF THEM, I think they're all 'hogwash'....I think people do care (I do), so should the bookshops, and they do want FANTASY FICTION recognised as a separate genre... so I'm hoping I'm not alone on this ......
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