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!

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.

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!

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.