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myOtaku.com: Acrocanis

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Question
Do you think that fantasy and science fiction should always be grouped together as they commonly are in movie stores, bookstores, ect. or do you think they should be separated? What is the difference between the two genres? Do you even think there is any difference at all? I'm just curious to know what all people have to say about this - that is, what few people read this in the first place. (Yes! Yes! Seperate! So people can tell the difference! I mean, Issac Asimov and R.A. Salvatore so seriously do not need to be in the same section of the bookstore together. I've always wanted a crossover section for writers who publish in both genres)
Ex: Ghost in the Shell and Princess Mononoke, for all you anime people. If, hypothetically speaking, these were books to be shelved like any other books, that is, by genre, these would be found under the same catagory! Whether labeled Sci-fi, fantasy, or both. Or western, for that matter. (*snickers at B&N.* They always have something other than western under the western sign at this one location nearby.)

On that note: Fantasy and horror. What's the difference? Especially if the subject matter is something like monsters, werebeasts, or vampires? Should vampire and werewolf novels be counted as fantasy? (I personally refer to books under such a catagory as "dark fantasy," though I have never heard anyone else use the term.)

Surreal or supernatural tales that take place in the real world and focus more or less on real people: What do you call this? Niel Gaiman and Dean Kootz are decent examples of this, sometimes. Maybe Clive Barker? Too realistic to be fantasy and too surreal to be generic fiction. (I once had a classmate who called this "magical realism," and I so liked the term that I never forgot it.)

Do you think that manga and graphic novels should be separated? (they're not anymore)
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