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7 Responses to “What is the difference between science fiction and fantasy?”

1. No Little Hippo Says:
   November 18th, 2009 at 10:38 pm

   I would have to say that Science Fiction is a catagory of Fantasy.

2. Lumber Says:
   November 19th, 2009 at 6:28 am

   Science Fiction tends to involve science… Star Trek is a good example. Watch the SyFy channel if you have it, you’ll see that SyFy tends to deal with technology and science.

   Fantasy is more about magic, dragons, myths, etc. Harry Potter is fantasy. Lord of the Rings is fantasy. Anne McCaphrey’s (sp?) books are fantasy. Legend (Tom Cruise’s first movie) is fantasy. It involes the mystical, the unkown.

   So, it’s basically science and technology vs myths and magic.

3. Mr. Says:
   November 21st, 2009 at 12:04 am

   sci fi is technological. fantasy is mythical

4. marciaMT Says:
   November 21st, 2009 at 8:09 pm

   Science Fiction deals with possibility whereas Fantasy is pure imagination.

5. skyeblue Says:
   November 21st, 2009 at 10:34 pm

   Fantasy takes place in the world of imagination–elves, fairies, etc.

   Science fiction takes place in a world that either does exist or could exist. The science has to be real and believable.

6. Alex Says:
   November 23rd, 2009 at 12:39 pm

   Science fiction involves mainly themes of outer space, sciences, and technology as a whole.

   Ex: George Michael fighting an Alien with a ray gun.

   Fantasy involves mainly myths and legends.

   EX: George Michael fighting a Dragon with a +2 Battle Axe

7. Philip Says:
   November 23rd, 2009 at 10:02 pm

   Obviously both science fiction and fantasy overlap in their meanings, because both fiction and fantasy deals with imagination.
   But to me where they differ is that science fiction shares moreso of arousing the imagination because of scientific theory possibilities, whereas fantasy arouses because of the magical, mystical or other illusionary fancies of the imagination.

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