Fantasy vs Science Fiction: A Poll

Which do you prefer?

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I like both, but have loved more Fantasy books than SciFi, so I voted Fantasy.

I preferred SciFi for years as a teenager and YA but after reading Lord of the Rings I became a confirmed Fantasy geek. Terry Pratchett and Anne McCaffrey probably pushed me further down that road...

Having said that, I like SciFi films and series possibly more than Fantasy. It seems to translate better to the screen and they get better actors. Like Benedict Cuddlybums...
 
I'm sure Fantasy was well ahead the previous time I looked.

I'm glad to see SF more than holding its own.
 
Culhwch said:
Inspired by HJ's race thread, a flat-out poll, where you can only vote the once.

And, yes, I purposefully put fantasy before science fiction. As any rational person would.
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Tough one - I ummed and arred before casting the vote, and was pleasantly surprised to see both genres locked on exactly 50% each - there's a reason we're such good bedfellows, clearly :)
 
I prefer Sci Fi. I write Sci -Fi. But I also like Fantasy. I like the freedom you get with both worlds, but generally I feel Fantasy can get a little preachy.
 
I think the point is that science fiction can serve a useful purpose. Selected practical works should be mandatory in grade school. We are now living with 50s & 60s sci-fi but the LA iPad fiasco is proof that our educators can't handle it.

Orphans of the Sky is better than Catcher in the Eye.

psik
 
How can it be this close?

Also, what happens if you've changed your mind in the last five years?
 
I like both, but currently read more Sci-Fi.

It's very close! 135-137 as I write.
 
psikeyhackr said:
I think the point is that science fiction can serve a useful purpose. Selected practical works should be mandatory in grade school. We are now living with 50s & 60s sci-fi but the LA iPad fiasco is proof that our educators can't handle it.

Orphans of the Sky is better than Catcher in the Eye.

psik
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Damn Android predictions. That was supposed to be "Rye" not "Eye". Smartphones are dumb, or is it just programmers?

psik
 
It is now 136-137... I voted for Fantasy. I like Sci-fi... I'll never forget what Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, and Flash Gordon did for me between 1976 and 1980... my impressionable years of ten to fourteen. But, in all honesty, Sci-fi has never fired my imagination like Fantasy. Maybe it's because there was so little Fantasy on the screen that I had to read it... and it's all in my head. Maybe it's the link to all the Greek mythology I began to read when I was eight. Maybe it's the stories my babysitter told me about Bilbo and Frodo. Maybe it's just easier for me to wrap my head aroundsome amorphous magical ability than to try and comprehend the science behind warp drives and lightsabers.
 
Just voted. Annnnnd.... it's a tie. Still like both though.
 
For me also science-fiction, what does not mean that I dislike fantasy. I guess most SF-people also like fantasy or the other way round.
 
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