thinbluemime wrote:
> 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)
Mercy me, no. I didn't create this. It was done long ago by the great
(and unfortunately late) Usenet legend Gharlane of Eddore (David Potter).
Here's the original message:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.tv/msg/1befb6454fbd2b02?dmode=source&utoken=HIFg-C4AAABN7XCqwopILjWinaoy1VdyCW_Jq9Su2Kg96tQ1U9gQUZaCo5NE3QeQLOK3CFUkQJQ
or
http://tinyurl.com/5vefrk
--
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
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