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Is there such a thing as Urban Sci-fi?
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<blockquote data-quote="ThenotoriousSinjari" data-source="post: 2017483" data-attributes="member: 730427"><p>Set in modern Earth?</p><p>Modern technology?</p><p></p><p>If everything in your story is modern, I wouldn't consider this science fiction at all. If there's no fictional science, than it's not sci-fi. It's just fi.</p><p></p><p>edit~I'd have to disagree with Lynx.</p><p>A character saving the world against all odds without the help of fictional machinery or science, on our planet with normal human beings belongs in the realm of the thriller genre (most likely scientific thrillers).</p><p></p><p>John W. Campbell once said,</p><p> "To be science fiction, not fantasy, an honest effort at prophetic extrapolation from the known must be made."</p><p></p><p>edit~ Oh, there are aliens? Well, in that case, forget everything I said haha.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThenotoriousSinjari, post: 2017483, member: 730427"] Set in modern Earth? Modern technology? If everything in your story is modern, I wouldn't consider this science fiction at all. If there's no fictional science, than it's not sci-fi. It's just fi. edit~I'd have to disagree with Lynx. A character saving the world against all odds without the help of fictional machinery or science, on our planet with normal human beings belongs in the realm of the thriller genre (most likely scientific thrillers). John W. Campbell once said, "To be science fiction, not fantasy, an honest effort at prophetic extrapolation from the known must be made." edit~ Oh, there are aliens? Well, in that case, forget everything I said haha. [/QUOTE]
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