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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 1208925" data-attributes="member: 198">I've always enjoyed Asimov, but I agree totally with the last statement. Pratchett rocketh greatly! A big difference I find between many fantasy and sci-fi authors (and which I think tends to cause problems in genre classification - which is a debatable endeavour anyway) is the degree to which the chosen sci-fi or fantasy background informs the work. It's hard to imagine Tolkien being able to write the same kind of thing in a non-fantasy setting. Pratchett, of the other hand, is writing satire and humorous fiction more than fantasy (even though he's created a very memorable fantasy setting) and could very likely do the same thing effectively in a non-fantasy setting. I would put Asimov closer to Pratchett in this regard, while Arthur C. Clarke, for example, would lean a little towards Tolkien.That'll be $0.02, please.</blockquote>