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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Difference Between Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Difference Between Science Fiction and Fantasy: It never even occurs to Aragorn or Gandalf to give the poor the godlike powers they themselves get to wield… let alone provide them with libraries, running water, printing presses or the germ theory of disease. Only little Peregrin Took seems to get a glimmer of an idea in that direction. The only character who briefly ponders possibilities, and he’s soon bullied out of it.