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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kengar" data-source="post: 1218853" data-attributes="member: 3230">(start geezer voice) Back in the day, "Science Fiction" referred to stories where the fantastic element was still based on hard science. Folks like Aasimov & Heinlein, for example, typically provided a real-world grounding for their fictional gadgets, etc. (I honestly think Heinlein could have built and flown a spaceship himself if he'd ever gotten up from his typewriter long enough <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ).Science Fantasy referred to futuristic/otherworldly fiction where the "science" was weak to non-existent. Star Trek, Star Wars, Barsoom  & Flash Gordon would be examples of this. The author wasn't really interested in explaining -in real world terms- how the Plasmatron X-1000 worked. It was just a machine that went PING and served as a plot device/special effect.(end geezer voice)I'm not trashing Science Fantasy, it's just a different sub-genre.What kind of feel are you after? If you want the pulpy feel of Flash Gordon or John Carter, I can heartily recommend <a href="http://www.peginc.com" target="_blank">Pinnacle's</a> Savage Worlds. Heck! I'll recommend it anyway! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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