That’s based on Clarke’s interpretation of genre. His interpretation is a minority opinion that does not match the labeling of most of the science fiction genre. Most of it is things that cannot happen. He would have placed the entirety of Space Opera in fantasy while his colleague Isaac Asimov (a writer and scientist) is one of the big three of Science Fiction (along with Clarke) and a lot of what he wrote falls in Space Opera. Clarke wrote Hard Science Fiction. That is not the entirety of the science fiction genre, just a small corner. Anyone basing the distinction between the science fiction and fantasy genres on what Clarke says is wrong. Robert Heinlein, the other member of the big three of 20th century science fiction, also wrote a lot of space opera and other things that took science pretty loosely. He loved time travel and most scientists will tell you that isn’t possible. So by Clarke’s definition he was the only true great science fiction writer of the 20th century. By reader’s views, he was but one.
Post #1262484
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- yotsuya
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- Science Fiction or Space Fantasy - what is Star Wars
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- 3-Jan-2019, 11:34 AM