CookyM0nster

Hello Dr. Maslen!

A couple of days ago, over on /r/fantasy there was this thread asking if Red Rising, a contemporary sci-fi novel, could be classified as fantasy.

My questions to you are:

• Do you often run up against this sort of question from students? If so, what would you say is the main distinction between sci-fi and fantasy?

I'm not usually one to care too much about this sort of categorization, but I ask because, since your course is in Fantasy specifically, I do feel like you have real need to distinguish between them.

• And where would science-fantasy (Dying Earth, Book of the New Sun et al.) fit in all this? Inside the course or not so much?

And of course, I want to congratulate you on the course and wish you the best of luck for the future. And thank you for the AMA!

I've answered the one about the distinction between SF and Fantasy in an earlier response.

Oops, sorry about that! I combed through the comments but seemed to haver overlooked that one. At least I was right about you getting asked that question by your students :)

Thank you for still answering. You've sure made me add a bunch of stuff to my reading list!

You must either be from a different country

Like, say, any European country? I'm not one to go for the stereotypes, but you're really coming off as a geographically-impaired american.

So, my assumption is right in the money.

If you'd taken the time to look through the thread instead of going on a "Not STEM = shit" rant, you'd see this is an AMA by a University of Glasgow professor. And /u/UtherDoul9 has mentioned he's enrolled in the course, so... You've cracked the case again, Holmes!

lack of ignorance

Heh, must've been.