Harry Potter .. Fantasy or SciFi?

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UPDATED: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 02:50
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LEOPARDFLAN

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 10:36 PM

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Originally posted by ImNotHere:

I still think Star Wars is an interesting case - mainly because its so easy to imagine exactly the same story done with knights, castles and good & bad wizards.

Lolz, yeah. I'm inclined to classify it as as just sci-fi, mostly just because it's in a super-tech universe (and the Force could be a psychic, or ESP, thing, rather than magic- and that's been scientifically examined... small thing, but I think it makes a diff with my classification)

But yeah, if it were done in a diff setting, then it would totally be fantasy...

TRAVELER

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 11:42 PM

Who is to say what technology is in a magic wand.
Whouldn't River's psychic powers be considered fantasy? These two worlds often melt together.

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LEOPARDFLAN

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 11:45 PM

Nah- Psychic = ESP = scientifically researched and documented. Therefore, sci-fi :P

But yeah, I see your point...

TRAVELER

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 11:55 PM

What technology does psychic powers use?

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LEOPARDFLAN

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 11:57 PM

The technology of the mind- brain chemicals, electrical impulses, and such.

My point is that ESP (or psychic powers) are scientifically validated, so therefore fit in with sci-fi

TRAVELER

Thursday, June 4, 2009 3:30 AM

Well I wish they put those chemicals in meterologist's brains so we get an accurate weather forecast once in a while.

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LEOPARDFLAN

Thursday, June 4, 2009 3:41 AM

Lolz XD

But it's too much fun to make fun of them when they're wrong! XD

TRAVELER

Thursday, June 4, 2009 4:47 AM

That's true.

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MALSNARA

Thursday, June 4, 2009 9:33 AM

Yes Harry Potter is fantasy but what you seem to be forgetting is that SFX isn't just a science fiction magazine - it also covers fantasy. Therefore Harry Potter is allowed to be there.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, June 8, 2009 7:48 AM

Those winged mini-dragon things they ride are not scifi. This ain't another verse or Earth's prehistory.
Can anybody specify any part of HP which would be Sci Fi?
And don't give give me garbage about witches, I'm from Madison, WI - wiccan capital of the midwest.

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