Tim Weaver wrote:
> What is it?
It's a meditation on the subjects of parapsychology and fate, cloaked as
an adventure program.
Mark
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> | 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. | |
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> | | SPACE OPERA --- can be SkiFfy to Sci-Fi to Hard SF | |
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