Re: [LM_NET] fantasy genre

[Thomas Kaun <tomkaun@GMAIL.COM>]

Hi, Cheryl.

According to "Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction,
Drama, Etc." Fantasy fiction is used as a heading "for works that feature
imaginary worlds, extraordinary creatures, sorcerers, epic quests, or
magic." Science fiction is used "for works of fantasy that deal with
possible though not necessarily probable events and are based approximately
on scientific principles, e.g. space, travel, time travel, etc. Use also for
works in which mankind [sic] confronts alien cultures or environments. For
works that deal with non-existent, incredible, or unreal worlds, characters,
and physical principles, use Fantasy fiction."

There is some overlap but I would be very careful about applying the genre
fantasy fiction to every science fiction book--not very helpful to the
patron IMHO.

Tom Kaun

Thomas T. Kaun, Teacher Librarian
Bessie Chin Library @ Redwood High School
Larkspur, CA 94939
tomkaun@gmail.com | Library Web site: http://rhslibrary.org
President: Calif. School Library Assoc. - NS

Information doesn’t deserve to be free. It is an abstract tool; a useful
fantasy, a nothing. It is nonexistent until and unless a person experiences
it in a useful way. --Jaron Lanier


On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Cheryl Youse <cyouse@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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