Science fiction and fantasy books fall under the category of fictional writing. Imagination revolving around things such as future settings, scientific elements and technology, space travel, beings from other planets and paranormal stuff is mostly employed in writing SF books. Those involving magic and supernatural activities are classified under fantasy writing.
The scientific fiction broadly involves writing about the plausibility of alternate worlds or future. Though more similar than different from fantasy, the events that are portrayed are mostly within the rules of science. This means that its imaginary elements are scientifically possible. The popular sci-fi term is used to refer to those works that have been done on a low budget and low technology used to distinguish serious work and the rest.
Fantasy writing though still a genre of speculative fiction, does note involve any kind of scientific or macabre themes. It is largely dominated medievalist forms. It also includes fairy tales, wizardry, sorcerers and witchcraft completely steering clear of events that might be termed as horror.
To many people SF is unrealistic but it should be kept in mind that they use what is called suspension of disbelief. The person reading the book is provided with applicable explanations and solutions involving the use of fictional elements. The elements involved include time setting, special setting, characters of fiction, future technology, contradicting scientific principles and paranormal activities.
Fantasy is studied on different disciplines such as English, the study of culture, comparative literature, history and medieval studies. Writings in this genre range from the theory of Tzvetan Todorov to the links of medievalism and popular culture involving politics, history and literature.
SF and fantasy subgenres are hard to define due to the fact of overlapping. In short, there are no clear cut definitions for these genres. One may not know them by definition but know them by reading them. The best way to differentiate the two is fantasy is making the impossible probable and SF is making the improbable possible.
The scientific fiction broadly involves writing about the plausibility of alternate worlds or future. Though more similar than different from fantasy, the events that are portrayed are mostly within the rules of science. This means that its imaginary elements are scientifically possible. The popular sci-fi term is used to refer to those works that have been done on a low budget and low technology used to distinguish serious work and the rest.
Fantasy writing though still a genre of speculative fiction, does note involve any kind of scientific or macabre themes. It is largely dominated medievalist forms. It also includes fairy tales, wizardry, sorcerers and witchcraft completely steering clear of events that might be termed as horror.
To many people SF is unrealistic but it should be kept in mind that they use what is called suspension of disbelief. The person reading the book is provided with applicable explanations and solutions involving the use of fictional elements. The elements involved include time setting, special setting, characters of fiction, future technology, contradicting scientific principles and paranormal activities.
Fantasy is studied on different disciplines such as English, the study of culture, comparative literature, history and medieval studies. Writings in this genre range from the theory of Tzvetan Todorov to the links of medievalism and popular culture involving politics, history and literature.
SF and fantasy subgenres are hard to define due to the fact of overlapping. In short, there are no clear cut definitions for these genres. One may not know them by definition but know them by reading them. The best way to differentiate the two is fantasy is making the impossible probable and SF is making the improbable possible.
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