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| − | A classification sometimes used for [[science-fiction]] proper. But in this volume it designates [[science-fiction]] in which [[fantasy]] elements are vital -- e g ''Lest Darkness Fall'',<ref>A novel by [[L. Sprague de Camp]]</ref> in which hero Padway is struck by lightning and thus transferred to decadent Rome, where all his other actions are [[science-fictional]]; or those in which the author (like [[Ego Clarke]] in ''The City and The Stars'') depicts the accomplishments of a science so advanced that it merges with wish-fulfillment [[fantasy]]. | + | A classification sometimes used for [[science-fiction]] proper. But in this volume it designates [[science-fiction]] in which [[fantasy]] elements are vital -- e g ''Lest Darkness Fall'',<ref>A [[novel]] by [[L. Sprague de Camp]]</ref> in which hero Padway is struck by lightning and thus transferred to decadent Rome, where all his other actions are [[science-fictional]]; or those in which the author (like [[Ego Clarke]] in ''The City and The Stars'') depicts the accomplishments of a science so advanced that it merges with wish-fulfillment [[fantasy]]. |
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See also: [[Fantasy]], [[Science Fiction]], [[Classification of Fantasy]]. | See also: [[Fantasy]], [[Science Fiction]], [[Classification of Fantasy]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:19, 28 July 2021
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| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| A classification sometimes used for science-fiction proper. But in this volume it designates science-fiction in which fantasy elements are vital -- e g Lest Darkness Fall,[1] in which hero Padway is struck by lightning and thus transferred to decadent Rome, where all his other actions are science-fictional; or those in which the author (like Ego Clarke in The City and The Stars) depicts the accomplishments of a science so advanced that it merges with wish-fulfillment fantasy. |
See also: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Classification of Fantasy.
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- ↑ A novel by L. Sprague de Camp
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