[LM_NET] fantasy genre

[Cheryl Youse <cyouse@GMAIL.COM>]

I've always considered Fantasy to be the "main" genre, with science fiction
as a sub-genre. And the definition I've taught of science fiction is that
some type of machine or technology has to be involved. No technology (Harry
Potter's wand doesn't count, because it isn't possible), it's fantasy.
Utopian and dystopian fiction might fall in in either the fantasy category
or the science fiction sub category, depending on the why. For example, LIfe
as We Knew It by Pfeffer is fantasy (or so we all hope) and Feed by Anderson
is fantasy/science fiction because it includes technology.

I'm sure there are a lot of other opinons out there, but this one seems to
be easy for my students to comprehend.

-- 
Cheryl Youse, MLS
Media Specialist
Colquitt County High School
Moultrie, GA
cyouse@gmail.com

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