On Mon, 05 May 2008 17:44:07 -0400, neopath <neopath@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 5, 4:31 pm, Tim Weaver <tmw99...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> What is it?
>> __________________________________________________________________
>> | |
>> | |
>> | |
>> | SPECULATIVE FICTION |
>> | ( fiction set in a reality |
>> | / that does not exist ) |
>> | / \ |
>> | / \ |
>> | FANTASY SCIENCE FICTION |
>> | ( fiction which ( Fiction based on a |
>> | cannot occur ) projection of current |
>> | | \___________ knowledge which is |
>> | | | legitimately defensible ) |
>> | CLASSIC FANTASY | / \ |
>> | ( elves, magic, wizards, | / \ |
>> | "Social Security" ) | SOFT SF HARD SF |
>> | Emphasis on mythic | ( one or more ( Based on |
>> | archetypes and quests | presumptions; stuff we know |
>> | ________| ESP, FTL, we'll be able |
>> | | or one major to build ) |
>> | SCI-FI departure Emphasis on |
>> | ---- ( Fantasy from known checkable math, |
>> | / with reality. ) logic, and info; |
>> | SKIFFY SF props Emphasis on characters think |
>> | ( largely substituted human reaction. and solve. |
>> | excrement ) for "magic.") and action. | |
>> | | | | | |
>> | +--------------------------------------------------------+ |
>> | | SPACE OPERA --- can be SkiFfy to Sci-Fi to Hard SF | |
>> | +--------------------------------------------------------+ |
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>> Tim Weaver
>>
>> "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive,
>> difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of
>> mind-
>> boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it."
>>
>> - Gene Spafford, 1992
>
> It's a TV show. Oh and you puked on your post. I think.
Damn! I wanna flow chart my posts too. What super neato software did you
use to create this? (please don't tell me notepad)
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