This evening’s shitposting theme... witchcraft, magick, prayers vs spells etc... Here’s a unifying diagnostic question: do you have a preference for science fiction over fantasy, and if so why do you think that is given the null hypothesis that both are equally escapist?
I don’t think this is a broad consensus. It sounds like Card’s opinion that some in publishing might agree with.
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okay how's this: the distinction remains an unsettled subject of debate (itself telling) amongst people who care to make a distinction. everyone not invested for reasons of bias or marketing uses the terms loosely/aesthetically or uses speculative fiction.
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you can talk about subgenres like hard SF or high fantasy where there are clearer lines, but stories like Dune, Hitchhiker's, Star Wars, or The Golden Compass are deeply muddy
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