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Originally Posted by pinkgothic
... there are people that consider Star Wars sci-fi? o_o
*reads a couple of posts*
... there are people HERE that consider Star Wars sci-fi? o_@
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I'm not sure who here said anything like that (the closest to this being Crunchy's "Star Wars is like a gentle
introduction to science fiction", which still is not contradictory to your own belief). In fact, "space opera" (used in post #3), if I understand the term correctly, is exactly that: a fantasy story in a sci-fi setting. Hey, if people were generally of different opinion, I don't see why SW fans would be that enraged by introducing the freaking midichlorians in Episode I.
That said, I do see it often reasonable to deal with fantasy and science fiction together. I can't find its equivalent in English at the moment, but Polish word "fantastyka" encompasses both. So does, I believe, "science fiction" in the quoted article (see my LeGuin example), and - of course - inappropriately so.
Not to mention the borderline between the two is blurry. How would you describe
Dune, for instance?
