I'm having a discussion with respected sci-fi author David Brin. Well, not quite. Actually not even near. But all the chooks are lined up and we're only waiting for him to get back.
I'll bet you have opinions on it too.
Here's a relevant quote, via Old School Heretic.
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Sci-fi's dad is a lot bigger in my opinion.
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I haven´t read the article you have linked to (I´ll go from my own assumptions here, and use your titel as a bas point)but IMHO, Fantasy´s dad is bigger...it (he/she) has to be....without fantasy ...no sci-fi.
The magic etc in fantasy is just replaced by "technology" in sci-fi...but the magic came first...historically that is. So Fantasy is really the Mother of sci-fi. I´m probably way off the mark as far as the article goes.
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Very reasonable thinking.
As you suspected, the article was about something a little different. Ostensibly the subject was their approaches to change, but my title leans more toward the message I feel can be taken, that one is somehow better than the other. For me personally fantasy and sci-fi are good friends, and perhaps inseparable friends, under the banner of 'speculative fiction', and both are capable of giving us tools for development.
Sci-Fi's dad is about the same size, but has WAAAY better weapons and armor.
I replied at David Brin's IEET article, but most of what I wrote is also here.
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