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<blockquote data-quote="Acid_crash" data-source="post: 1883471" data-attributes="member: 16278">This is a good one, hard to answer.&nbsp; Is Peter F. Hamilton's Nights Dawn trilogy Science Fiction or Fantasy, or a combination of both?To me, it's science fiction.&nbsp; He writes very detailed, creates a very believable universe (within the confines of the realities of the books) and I can see it in my mind.&nbsp; Plus, great read.&nbsp; Yet, he puts in supernatural elements, like the fact that the dead never die but the spirits of the dead continue to 'live' in a dark abyss that somehow they get out of, they can control 'energy' and have powers of illusion and an 'energistic fire' and can only possess other living bodies.&nbsp; In other words, fantasy-ish.&nbsp; When we have science fiction authors write stories that combine all these elements into one, what is it called?---------Isn't the definition of 'fantasy' anything that isn't based on current reality, or known real history?If this is the case, then including any sort of supernatural effect, even psychic powers, is fantasy.&nbsp; Therefore, what we call 'science fiction', especially that based on Star Wars, is just fantasy.&nbsp; All these games we play, if it includes some form of magic or psychic powers, supernatural creatures, etc, is fantasy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Acid_crash, post: 1883471, member: 16278"] This is a good one, hard to answer. Is Peter F. Hamilton's Nights Dawn trilogy Science Fiction or Fantasy, or a combination of both? To me, it's science fiction. He writes very detailed, creates a very believable universe (within the confines of the realities of the books) and I can see it in my mind. Plus, great read. Yet, he puts in supernatural elements, like the fact that the dead never die but the spirits of the dead continue to 'live' in a dark abyss that somehow they get out of, they can control 'energy' and have powers of illusion and an 'energistic fire' and can only possess other living bodies. In other words, fantasy-ish. When we have science fiction authors write stories that combine all these elements into one, what is it called? --------- Isn't the definition of 'fantasy' anything that isn't based on current reality, or known real history? If this is the case, then including any sort of supernatural effect, even psychic powers, is fantasy. Therefore, what we call 'science fiction', especially that based on Star Wars, is just fantasy. All these games we play, if it includes some form of magic or psychic powers, supernatural creatures, etc, is fantasy. [/QUOTE]

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