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scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:16 am

Are you suggesting that sci-fi writing requires more imagination, and the greater one's imagination, the greater one's proclivity for polymathery?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:01 pm

Wouldn't you agree that it requires more imagination, intelligence, and education?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 2:51 am

Wouldn't you say that intelligence and imagination are independent of each other, i.e., you can be gifted in one of those but not necessarily the other?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 9:59 pm

Is that where Fantasy writers come from?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Wed Apr 10, 2019 11:50 pm

So you have very little respect for the Fantasy genre?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 11:00 pm

Don't I write in the Fantasy genre?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 2:04 am

What's the basic difference between the fantasy and science fiction genres?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:33 pm

Fantasy ignores the laws of nature and Science Fiction extrapolates from known science and technology-- but does anybody really agree on that definition?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:11 pm

If the transporter in Star Trek is pretty much an impossible invention, does that make Star Trek part of the fantasy genre?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 11:50 pm

Aren't there a ton of things in Star Trek, from transporters and force fields to energy beings and mixed human-alien characters, that make it more Fantasy than SF?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:37 am

Interesting. I've never really enjoyed the more traditional fantasy genre novels, including classics such as Lord of the Rings. Yet I've always loved Star Trek, which as you've pointed out is largely fantasy. How can that be explained?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 8:57 pm

Could it be that the trappings are those of Science Fiction, even if the setting is more Fantasy?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:36 pm

What is it about Twilight Zone that sets it apart from most traditional sci-fi or horror work?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 11:30 pm

Could it possibly be the synergy of the great stories, stylized dialogue, surreal sets, stark black-and-white cinematography, and coming at just the right social moment for it to make the maximum impact?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 12:27 am

Would Rod Serling approve of the latest Jordan Peele incarnation?

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