Fantasy vs Science Fiction: A Poll

[Laura R Hepworth]

I second nixie, except I haven't given up hope that the series won't be finished (I am worried though!).

Those of us waiting for Jasper Fforde to continue/finish his series(s) know exactly how you feel! We've been waiting for book 8 of Thursday Next for 7 years, book 3 of Nursery Crimes for 13, and the 4th and final book for Chronicles of Kazam for 5. I hold out hope we may yet see them, but it dwindles every year that continues to pass with no books in sight.

 

[Hilarious Joke]

Those of us waiting for Jasper Fforde to continue/finish his series(s) know exactly how you feel! We've been waiting for book 8 of Thursday Next for 7 years, book 3 of Nursery Crimes for 13, and the 4th and final book for Chronicles of Kazam for 5. I hold out hope we may yet see them, but it dwindles every year that continues to pass with no books in sight.

Has he in fact finished any series??

 

[Laura R Hepworth]

Has he in fact finished any series??

Not yet. He did release a stand-alone last year along with an apology and promise that he will actually finish his series. I saw this tentative list for his upcoming releases.

 

[Forkkrul]

Tough choice. But the dearth of SF books I've read lately swung it.

 

[olive]

The well written one.

 

[BAYLOR]

The good written one.

A book ive been recommending alot lately is Islandia by Austin Tappan Wright.

 

[olive]

Thanks, Baylor. And you caught it so quickly, I wasn't fast enough.

 

[BAYLOR]

Thanks, Baylor. And you caught it so quickly, I wasn't fast enough.

I love to recommend books books that ive read and like Olive .

 

[olive]

Oh thanks.

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

I've only just discovered this poll.
I went with Fantasy - judging by my Goodreads list I couldn't have voted the other way. (Although SF is a close second)
My fantasy history goes something like - Tolkien -> Howard -> Moorcock -> pretty much anything with swords and sorcery

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

I've been watching this poll for a while. I think it's interesting that the split is always about fifty-fifty.

 

[Triceratops]

From a nostalgia standpoint, I would say I began with all hopes of being a SF writer. I did start out that way and did well. Only I abruptly stopped and went into the fantastical realm for many genres. I seem cemented to YA fantasy for now, even using a pen name, and I don't think I'll be leaving soon. But I have to say that I miss writing and enjoying me some great space opera. I think that distopia will be the closest I ever come back to it.

 

[Astro Pen]

SF for certain. Although my SF is very humanist, complex people and sexuality are important elements in rounding out a genre that the hard modernists kind of flattened to the point of dehumanising . Early Ballard showed me what could be done with inner space rather than outer.
To be honest despite their constant bundling I think SF and Fantasy are polar opposites.

 

[logan_run]

I prefer s.f. but conan is fairly good.

 

[Harpo]

It’s been almost five years since anyone posted here, and the poll is still very close.

So here I am reviving it, for the benefit of those who haven’t voted yet.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Buzz Aldrin is 86 years old.
John Young is 85 years old.
Alan Bean is now 84 years old. 3/15/32
David Scott is 83 years old.
Gene Cernan is now 82 years old.
Charles Duke is 80 years old.
Harrison Schmitt is 80 years old. geologist

There are only 7 left, all in their 80s.

psik

That quote is from 8 years ago.

As of July 2024, four astronauts who walked on the moon are still alive:

• Buzz Aldrin: The last surviving member of the Apollo 11 crew
• David Scott: The commander of Apollo 15, who also drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle
• Charles Duke: An Apollo 16 astronaut
• Harrison Schmitt: An Apollo 17 astronaut

 

[Fiberglass Cyborg]

I cannot vote, for my option is not there. It is: Neither. For truly, both of these penny-ante genres are equally poor. Both are as dust beneath the feet of the true winner, "cat-themed detective."

 

[BAYLOR]

I cannot vote, for my option is not there. It is: Neither. For truly, both of these penny-ante genres are equally poor. Both are as dust beneath the feet of the true winner, "cat-themed detective."

Nope , nebula award winning Sharknado movie novelizations.