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<blockquote data-quote="Skade" data-source="post: 568456" data-attributes="member: 3320">Though I agree with you, that is not the way many see it.&nbsp; Do you own any of the Del Rey/Balantine massmarket paperbacks of the Lord of the Rings?&nbsp; You'll notice that it says &quot;sci-fi&quot; on the binding.&nbsp; In the literary world most of the things we love are barely considered readable, and do not rate their own genre.&nbsp; Horror is often placed in its own category only because it is occors primarily in the here and now.&nbsp; Any alternate reality, with technology or magic advanced enough to be inacceptable in todays world is considered &quot;sci-fi&quot; to many who use literary terms to define such things.&nbsp; For SFX and any other publication its simply a matter of marketing.&nbsp; Genrally those who watch Buffy are going to watch Stargate, and they watch Star trek and so on. I get the impression that Aasimov is more what you think of as sci-fi.&nbsp; I love Aasimov, but would you really want to see Foundation as a series?&nbsp; It would be like sci-fi reality television 24 hours a day!&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Personally I don't think science fiction is even an acceptable term for all the vast varity there is in the non-genre, much less with fantasy and horror thrown in there.&nbsp; oh, and just so I am almost on topic...I love Buffy, I really do, but this list is pretty ridiculous.&nbsp; My top ten does not have even one Buffy character on it.&nbsp; If it did though, it would be Xander, cause I love the name.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Skade, post: 568456, member: 3320"] Though I agree with you, that is not the way many see it. Do you own any of the Del Rey/Balantine massmarket paperbacks of the Lord of the Rings? You'll notice that it says "sci-fi" on the binding. In the literary world most of the things we love are barely considered readable, and do not rate their own genre. Horror is often placed in its own category only because it is occors primarily in the here and now. Any alternate reality, with technology or magic advanced enough to be inacceptable in todays world is considered "sci-fi" to many who use literary terms to define such things. For SFX and any other publication its simply a matter of marketing. Genrally those who watch Buffy are going to watch Stargate, and they watch Star trek and so on. I get the impression that Aasimov is more what you think of as sci-fi. I love Aasimov, but would you really want to see Foundation as a series? It would be like sci-fi reality television 24 hours a day! :D Personally I don't think science fiction is even an acceptable term for all the vast varity there is in the non-genre, much less with fantasy and horror thrown in there. oh, and just so I am almost on topic... I love Buffy, I really do, but this list is pretty ridiculous. My top ten does not have even one Buffy character on it. If it did though, it would be Xander, cause I love the name. [/QUOTE]

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