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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9893370" data-attributes="member: 18">Okay, no.First off, it has &quot;the sun is dying&quot;, which is complete science-fiction and drives the entire plot. You seem to have completely forgotten that rather significant element.Second off, it has &quot;imagined alternative universe or future&quot; (it's unclear which it is).That's easily enough to qualify as solid science-fiction. It's not even borderline.So you've made my point for me here with the OED, thanks I guess lol.It's funny you say that, because LotR was widely regarded as science fiction when it was originally published, and pretty much for exactly the reason you're unhappy with. People assumed it was post-apoc SF for a very long time - it even inspired other authors. The Stones of Shannara is basically &quot;what if fan theories from the 1960s re: LotR were actually right&quot;.(For more info I refer you to the sadly hard to find BBC documentary Worlds of Fantasy - I think the episode is The Epic Imagination, but I can only find the episode after that, Through the Looking Glass, right now.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9893370, member: 18"] Okay, no. First off, it has "the sun is dying", which is complete science-fiction and drives the entire plot. You seem to have completely forgotten that rather significant element. Second off, it has "imagined alternative universe or future" (it's unclear which it is). That's easily enough to qualify as solid science-fiction. It's not even borderline. So you've made my point for me here with the OED, thanks I guess lol. It's funny you say that, because LotR was widely regarded as science fiction when it was originally published, and pretty much for exactly the reason you're unhappy with. People assumed it was post-apoc SF for a very long time - it even inspired other authors. The Stones of Shannara is basically "what if fan theories from the 1960s re: LotR were actually right". (For more info I refer you to the sadly hard to find BBC documentary Worlds of Fantasy - I think the episode is The Epic Imagination, but I can only find the episode after that, Through the Looking Glass, right now.) [/QUOTE]

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