re: #29 silverdolphin

I always liked David Brin’s way of phrasing it - fantasy is about restoring the old order, nothing really changes. A new king, a new elite but no real difference in the end. Aragorn may be better than Sauron but still no libraries for the masses.

Science Fiction is about dealing with change, realizing we can fix the mistakes of our parents. Even dystopisa usually act as cautionary tales for change.

Many conservatives writing a novel often veer more into fantasy than science fiction, when they let their political views get out too freely. They do not really eant massive change.

It can be quite interesting, sometimes, to read books that are SF disguised by fantasy tropes 😉 Lois McMaster Bujold, Steven Brust & John M. Ford (RIP, miss you Mike) for example.