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Wolf Kanno
03-17-2016, 12:38 AM
Haven't done this topic in awhile but with the Dragon Age vs. Mass Effect thread going on I thought it would be interesting to bring this topic up. So which genre do you prefer more, Fantasy or Science Fiction.

To get around the semantics argument that has occurred in the past on this forum, this is how we'll define fantasy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy) and science fiction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction) for the clarity of the thread.

Pike
03-17-2016, 12:49 AM
I love both but at heart I'm a sci-fi girl, I just love me some aliens and robots and I have ever since I was a tiny wee kid raised by die-hard Trekkie parents.

Slothy
03-17-2016, 12:59 AM
99% of sci-fi is really just fantasy in space anyway, but I'll still go sci-fi.

Psychotic
03-17-2016, 01:00 AM
I think I just about lean towards fantasy.

Mirage
03-17-2016, 01:07 AM
Science Fantasy.

Del Murder
03-17-2016, 04:35 AM
Science Fantasy.
My pick as well, and according to Wikipedia this counts as Fantasy. So that's my vote.

Pheesh
03-17-2016, 05:25 AM
Harry Potter tips the scales firmly towards fantasy for me.

Raistlin
03-17-2016, 05:25 AM
I've always been more of a fantasy person, and growing up read a lot more fantasy than anything else. Sci-fi has grown a lot on me in more recent years, but I'm probably still a fantasy person at heart.

Freya
03-17-2016, 06:18 PM
I like Fantasy Books and Games but I enjoy Sci-fi Shows and Movies more. I mean I enjoy scifi books and games too and fantasy shows as well...

I LIKE THEM BOTH.

Fynn
03-17-2016, 06:31 PM
BOTH

Don't make me choose :colbert:

Formalhaut
03-17-2016, 06:44 PM
I'm more of a fantasy person, I've decided. I really liked Mass Effect, and similar sci-fi works, but there's something about medieval fantasy with a twist that is enticing.

I'm not a massive fan of sci-fi which tries to ram in as many fanciful new tech as possible. I like sci-fi most when it is grounded in deep, emotional dramas, not clinical, techno-babble.

Colonel Angus
03-17-2016, 07:32 PM
Fantasy for me.

Pumpkin
03-17-2016, 07:34 PM
Fantasy

Aerith's Knight
03-17-2016, 07:49 PM
Fantasy for books, Sci-fi for movies/tv shows. Fantasy just works better in books, although sci-fi books aren't bad either.

Fantasy movies on the other hand... (LOTR trilogy excluded from this PSA)

Freya
03-17-2016, 07:51 PM
While I like both I'm voting for scifi because you fantasy nerds are winning by too much.

Kalevala
03-17-2016, 10:43 PM
Ouff, wow. I'm going with fantasy but man this was tough.

krissy
03-18-2016, 04:50 AM
biographies

Bubba
03-18-2016, 10:30 AM
Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.

That is all.

Aerith's Knight
03-19-2016, 10:38 PM
biographies

Biographies of eccentric mathematicians. (http://www.storyofmathematics.com/20th_hardy.html)

Mr. Carnelian
03-22-2016, 07:59 PM
I was raised on sci-fi. I read Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy when I was 6, and I haven't looked back. Sci-fi just has a way of addressing deep ideas and the human experience which, for me, fantasy just doesn't.

Wolf Kanno
03-22-2016, 08:11 PM
Science Fiction for me as well, though I tend to prefer Sci-Fi that has more concrete foundations and deals more with speculative science than ones that can easily fall into Clarke's Third Law (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClarkesThirdLaw) which is where I get really pissy when I'm reading a good fantasy story that gets hijacked by aliens. I find that fantasy is more about escapism whereas sci-fi tends to deal more with possibilities for mankind.

SammieBabe
03-22-2016, 08:53 PM
Fantasy, if I have to choose. But Sci-fi is pretty awesome too.