Why do book stores always have one section they call sci-fi / fantasy?
They may as well create "Business / Cheap romance" and "Health / Quack doctors" sections while they're at it. What do they have to do with each other? I can tell you what: Anybody who can't distinguish sci-fi and fantasy is simply displaying a deplorable ignorance of science.
I understand that many people can't distinguish between those two, and I'm pretty sure most of them live in the Hollywood area. I accept that, but PLEASE don't propose to make a fantasy work (Star Wars desecrates that boundary) and call it sci-fi. Most of all, don't put that #$*(&#@ in the same section as my sci-fi!!!
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Why do book stores always have one section they call sci-fi / fantasy?
They may as well create "Business / Cheap romance" and "Health / Quack doctors" sections while they're at it. What do they have to do with each other? I can tell you what: Anybody who can't distinguish sci-fi and fantasy is simply displaying a deplorable ignorance of science.
I understand that many people can't distinguish between those two, and I'm pretty sure most of them live in the Hollywood area. I accept that, but PLEASE don't propose to make a fantasy work (Star Wars desecrates that boundary) and call it sci-fi. Most of all, don't put that #$*(&#@ in the same section as my sci-fi!!!
Stith has churned out some of the best scifi I've ever read, and also some of the worst (some of his earlier works).
He's not only hard science, but can write real page-turners.
Must read:
Redshift Rendezvous
Manhattan Transfer
To avoid:
Early Stith
All for Naught