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- From: starhunter@cix.compulink.co.uk (Peter Boulter)
- Subject: Re: SF or Fantasy?
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 22:40:00 +0000
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- In article <alix.727564404@vincent2.iastate.edu>, alix@iastate.edu (L.A. Mello-
- y) writes:
- >
- >Are the Dragonrider books considered sci-fi, or fantasy?
- >
-
- I don't think they fit either category and the publishers can't
- seem to make up their minds either, my copies of Dragonflight,
- Dragonsinger and Dragonsong have 'Science Fiction' on the spine,
- while Dragonquest and Dragondrums have 'Fantasy Novel' on the
- spine. White Dragon just has 'Novel' and by the time the others
- came out the publisher has given up trying to put classifications
- on them!
-
- I would say they are not SF, as there is very little SF in them
- apart from the first and last books, and they are not realy fantasy
- because most of the fantasy books I've read or heard of have a lot
- of para-normal events and the main characters have some sort of
- mystic 'power' or are searching for some object that will give some
- form of 'power'.
-
- I don't like to give too much thought to what class of literature
- they come into, I just enjoy the books :-)
-
- Peter.
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