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Nineteen Eighty-Four is unquestionably Science Fiction. *NM* Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 26/09/2009 04:12:47 AM
And 1984 is Fantasy/SciFi in many schools of thought, because it reimagines events using a theoretical future (and different past) and thus is based in a world mirroring but different from our own. You don't need Knights or Magic to have fantasy, though I class 1984 as SciFi (kind of). Plus there are several other books that are similar, but are very much fantasy. If Watership Down is fantasy, we can argue that Animal Farm is, as well. Mortal Engines is Fantasy/SciFi and has a rather dystopian world. Though to be fair, most books that spring to mind lack pitched battles, so I'm really being pedantic and not relevant to the OP.
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Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins? Murtach74 - 20/09/2009 01:01:18 PM 1570 Views
Re: Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins? Dunja - 20/09/2009 01:17:00 PM 1196 Views
Well, usually the bigger army are the invaders. Defence tends to have an edge AgentOrange - 20/09/2009 04:38:45 PM 1217 Views
It's an essential plot device Tom - 20/09/2009 04:41:04 PM 1207 Views
Yeah but... Murtach74 - 20/09/2009 07:38:36 PM 1199 Views
I don't quite agree Tom - 21/09/2009 01:22:45 AM 1141 Views
I'm sitting here trying to think if I've read any books like that... Brian - 21/09/2009 01:40:08 AM 1090 Views
Fail. Seriana Sedai - 21/09/2009 04:43:24 AM 1277 Views
Agreed. Tom - 21/09/2009 04:59:39 AM 1204 Views
Well there are plenty of authors not in their right minds Brian - 21/09/2009 05:49:22 PM 1124 Views
True. Seriana Sedai - 21/09/2009 06:50:43 PM 1150 Views
Hrmm...guess Miéville failed to follow the script then *NM* Larry - 20/09/2009 07:48:29 PM 454 Views
and a lot of others. But there's a rumour somewhere that it's not the size that matters... *NM* jh - 20/09/2009 07:53:41 PM 451 Views
It's still a valid point, even if one author doesn't "follow the script." *NM* Joker - 25/09/2009 12:34:48 AM 510 Views
Re: Ever notice how in fantasy books the smaller army always wins? Handel - 20/09/2009 08:45:48 PM 1312 Views
That, and... Napoleon62 - 20/09/2009 09:08:48 PM 1204 Views
Nineteen Eighty-Four, baby! Ghavrel - 20/09/2009 10:37:05 PM 1134 Views
That is not even fantasy... Napoleon62 - 21/09/2009 12:00:48 AM 1117 Views
IT ISN'T?! *NM* Ghavrel - 21/09/2009 01:42:16 AM 477 Views
Yeah, didn't your dad tell you about the double ungood days of the 80s? *NM* IndigoAjah - 21/09/2009 01:52:46 AM 474 Views
Doubleplusungood. Ghavrel - 25/09/2009 02:09:27 AM 1118 Views
Oops, sorry. Probably a thoughtcrime to put a space in. Rebellious waste of... pixels? Space? *NM* IndigoAjah - 25/09/2009 04:26:14 PM 500 Views
I agree. 1984 is not SF-F. *NM* Joker - 25/09/2009 12:36:46 AM 489 Views
Who knew? ¯\(°O)/¯ *NM* Ghavrel - 25/09/2009 02:07:19 AM 475 Views
I... don't know what those symbols mean. *NM* Joker - 26/09/2009 07:04:13 AM 498 Views
All books should have a point, IMO. Otherwise, what's the point in reading them. IndigoAjah - 25/09/2009 04:32:43 PM 1186 Views
Nineteen Eighty-Four is unquestionably Science Fiction. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/09/2009 04:12:47 AM 525 Views
No, it's not. ScyFy does not lay claim to anything and everything that takes place... Joker - 26/09/2009 07:05:59 AM 1125 Views
It's a novel which heavily relies upon futuristic technology. How is it not Science Fiction? *NM* Ghavrel - 28/09/2009 01:43:23 AM 473 Views
Because it doesn't have lasers or time-travel in it IndigoAjah - 28/09/2009 02:15:18 AM 1132 Views
I read it years ago and I don't remember any futuristic technology except... Joker - 28/09/2009 04:16:21 AM 1190 Views
I would say that if a story uses that sort of thing, it has a science fiction element. Ghavrel - 28/09/2009 05:20:39 AM 978 Views
Wheel of Time? Werthead - 20/09/2009 11:52:36 PM 1109 Views
I have not found that to be always true IndigoAjah - 21/09/2009 12:52:00 AM 1056 Views
The smaller army doesn't always win Tashmere - 21/09/2009 02:47:07 AM 1102 Views
Because you don't have to root for the huge army that's supposed to win. Seriana Sedai - 21/09/2009 04:38:22 AM 1153 Views
everybody loves an under dog *NM* random thoughts - 21/09/2009 03:51:12 PM 475 Views
Pratchett makes much of this. *NM* Camilla - 21/09/2009 04:11:04 PM 492 Views
"You can take our lives, but you can never take our freedom!" "...wrong!" *NM* Ghavrel - 21/09/2009 11:02:25 PM 428 Views
Exactly what I was going to say Floffe - 27/09/2009 02:55:02 PM 1322 Views
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