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As science fiction and fantasy have evolved, they have converged. We can see plenty of fantasy in works of science fiction in the conventional _forms_ of scien
by pattisapu 4y ago
As science fiction and fantasy have evolved, they have converged.
We can see plenty of fantasy in works of science fiction in the conventional _forms_ of science fiction -- short stories, novels, TV shows, movies, video games.
It will be interesting to see science fiction in the conventional _forms_ of fantasy -- epics, ballads, poetry, fairy tales, onomastics, runic and incantatory forms of language....
(As an aside, I've heard rumors of published contemporary sci-fi written in classical Sanskrit verse but I can't find any -- is this really a thing?)
- strbean 4y ago> It will be interesting to see science fiction in the conventional _forms_ of fantasy I think this happened a fair amount in the forms of religious texts / mythology and mysticism in the early/mid 20th century, no?
- pattisapu 4y agoYou mean like the cult and occult stuff? True, I guess there were some elements. Heaven's Gate, Scientology, and others appear to have adopted a religious outlook on science fiction ideas. I'm not sure that they really adopted conventional forms of fantasy in their literature.