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The Sci-fi and Fantasy debate

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Purpura Lipstick:

--- Quote from: Rose on August 06, 2011, 09:30:54 PM ---The genres can blend, like anything else LOL. I'd say the mystical force would be more of a fantasy element, the "magic" feeling of it, rather than Sci-Fi

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Definitely was, but with the first three they scientifically explained The Force with the meticlorins or whatever they are called.  Then they got into cloning... so this made them more sci-fi. 

Rose:

--- Quote from: Purpura Lipstick on August 06, 2011, 09:32:12 PM ---Definitely was, but with the first three they scientifically explained The Force with the meticlorins or whatever they are called.  Then they got into cloning... so this made them more sci-fi. 

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Yeah but the midiclorians didn't even get a mention till the prequels. Same with the clones. I'd say the story is a mix of both, due to the prophecies and such.

Purpura Lipstick:

--- Quote from: Rose on August 06, 2011, 09:33:59 PM ---Yeah but the midiclorians didn't even get a mention till the prequels. Same with the clones. I'd say the story is a mix of both, due to the prophecies and such.

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I still think of the originals more as Fantasy than sci-fi though it has both elements in it.... I like to ignore that the prequels were made.   It is a good example of the genres overlapping though.

mare:
I don't love or hate either genre. I have never tried writing a fantasy but only because i've never really come up with an idea that would classify as fantasy. I'm currently writing a sci-fi and it's been a bit of a challenge  for me. It's really one of the only stories i've actually had to do research on, which is funny because you'd think because it's sci-fi I could make it up as I go along but not the case. I have to admit, when writing it I frequently find myself saying "I wonder if i'd actually read this if I wasn't the one writing it?" and sometimes the answer is yes, because it's the boys as the boys and it's not like "Star Wars" level sci-fi but other times it's a no because of the believabilty of it all lol

As far as getting more people reading, i'm not sure there's an answer to this question. I can only sppeak from personal experience as a writer, I found with this story so far it's doing as good as my other stories that I have written after my long writing hiatus. Sometimes I get a lot of reviews, other times I hear crickets chirping, but same with my other stuff lol I think if it looks and sounds like a good story, people will check it out.

As a reader, the genre really has nothing to do with it. If it sounds interesting I check it out. Sometimes if right off the bat there's too much info thrown at me that I know i'll have to remember i.e planet names weird names of characters or weapons etc...and really long chapters, I tend to jump right out of the story. That's just how I roll though. LOL

Purpura Lipstick:
I've had to do a lot of research for my sci-fi, which is classified of that merely because they travel through time. LOL.  Gotta research the times they travel to.   

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