mr_cellophane
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9/15, but I fail to see how "Groundhog Day" is SciFi .
Exactly. Many SciFi ideas have subsequently become reality, so my original point is still valid.Well its not reality
Exactly. Many SciFi ideas have subsequently become reality, so my original point is still valid.
I don't agree with that. SciFi deals with futuristic but not necessarily scientifically impossible ideas. See the following references for typical definitions of SciFi:Science Fiction covers everything that's not scientifically possible such as Groundhog day but most folk associate it with Star wars and the like .
When I say "fantasy fiction" I shall mean "imaginary-and-not-possible" in the world as we know it; conversely all fiction which I regard as "imaginary-but-possible" I shall refer to as "realistic fiction," i.e., imaginary but could be real so far as we know the real universe.
Science fiction is in the latter class. It is not fantasy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_loopI don't agree with that. SciFi deals with futuristic but not necessarily scientifically impossible ideas. See the following references for typical definitions of SciFi:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction
- http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson927/SciFiDefinition.pdf (note the last sentence of the first paragraph).
- http://www.loa.org/sciencefiction/biographies/heinlein_science.jsp - an interesting discussion on SciFi that mentions one of its greats, Robert A. Heinlein, in which this quote sums up the distinction between SciFi and Fantasy: