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Monday 12 September 2011

Fantasy vs sci-fi

For reasons unknown, libraries and bookshops stubbornly keep on placing sci-fi and fantasy books on the same shelf.  I would very much like to know the origins of this custom, find whoever started it and kick his or her ass very severely.  It may be undestandable to some extent, but it is also so. damn. irritating.

Anyway, which genre do you prefer?  I tend to have mixed feelings here.  Book-wise - fantasy all the way, no doubt about it (if only because Terry Pratchett belongs here), but when it comes to movies...  With the possible exception of Lord of the Rings, fantasy movies more often than not prove to be disappointing.  Aliens are so photogenic :) 

What are your own preferences?  If you want to speak your mind (and see what others have to say), follow this link and join the epic battle.