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Q&A How little "fantasy" can be in a story and it still be recognizably fantasy?

Well, I think it also depends on how you personally feel about your text. Many, many years ago, I ran across this same question. The professor (Jim, I don't remember if it was you or not) took two ...

posted 13y ago by Nathan Herald‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Nathan Herald‭ · 2019-12-08T01:46:00Z (almost 5 years ago)
Well, I think it also depends on how _you_ personally feel about your text. Many, many years ago, I ran across this same question. The professor (Jim, I don't remember if it was you or not) took two books - **Ender's Game** by Orson Scott Card, and **Dragonriders of Pern** by Anne McCaffrey. The professor pointed out that so many people figured _Ender's Game_ was a science fiction story, but he claimed that it was fantasy, whereas McCaffrey always swore up and down that her series was science fiction.

So, in a nut shell, if you can argue to your editor that your book has dragons, swords and sorcery, and it's science fiction, then you've got the makings of a good storyteller.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-07-12T03:27:10Z (over 13 years ago)
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