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All valid but the caveat 'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic'. The line between what is science fiction and what is fantasy in a future setting can be very thin.


I'm basically arguing that any such line is arbitrary.

The distinction between science fiction and fantasy is probably a useful one for helping readers find books they like. Going further than that seems like it is going to almost always involve a lot of personal preference.


Describing the modern world to contemporaries of Socrates would be less like sci-fi, more like fantasy, to them.




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