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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1880816" data-attributes="member: 8447">Have to agree, 2 sections.The dividing line between sci fi and fantasy is so elastic (consider Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun, for example) that it is often very difficult to create a hard and fast line between the two.&nbsp; Most people like a division between sci fi/fantasy and &quot;other&quot; fiction, though sometimes I wonder about even these divisions.&nbsp; As a fan of the Arthurian legends and their modern permutations, for example, there are the &quot;fantasy&quot; works of Bernard Cornwell (Warlord Chronicles series) which is almost always placed in sci fi/fantasy while the works Rosaline Miles (Guenevere series, Isolde series) end up in &quot;general fiction&quot;.&nbsp; I find this division very odd, especially given the authenticity of Cornwell's books and the fact that none of the rest of his books show up anywhere except &quot;general fiction&quot;.&nbsp; Curious situation, and far from the only example.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 1880816, member: 8447"] Have to agree, 2 sections. The dividing line between sci fi and fantasy is so elastic (consider Gene Wolfe's [I]Book of the New Sun[/I], for example) that it is often very difficult to create a hard and fast line between the two. Most people like a division between sci fi/fantasy and "other" fiction, though sometimes I wonder about even these divisions. As a fan of the Arthurian legends and their modern permutations, for example, there are the "fantasy" works of Bernard Cornwell ([I]Warlord Chronicles [/I] series) which is almost always placed in sci fi/fantasy while the works Rosaline Miles (Guenevere series, Isolde series) end up in "general fiction". I find this division very odd, especially given the authenticity of Cornwell's books and the fact that none of the rest of his books show up anywhere except "general fiction". Curious situation, and far from the only example. [/QUOTE]

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