fantasy thought

[avrelia]

One of the usual very general distinction between sf and fantasy is that one has space ships and another elves in it. There are many great stories that blur the difference, of course, but is there any stories that have elves on spaceships in them? Or elves fighting alien invasion on Earth?

I am, probably, still asleep.

Comments

[spacedoutlooney.livejournal.com]

Nothing about elves and spaceships, sorry, but this post reminded me of a quote on some DVD commentary (sorry, I forget who or what DVD is was) "Sci-Fi is about what could happen and Fantasy is about what could never happen."

Still a pretty blurry line and part of me really dislikes them being lumped together, but oh well.

[avrelia.livejournal.com]

all those definitions are too limiting, and there are many instances when it is hard to distinguish between. I don't remember fantasy as genre existed in USSR - sf did, and was loved by the audience. Interesting thing that since everything that "isn't real" went as sf, there are books that wouldn't be called sf by the strict standards

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

My american nephew has some books by Eoin Colfer about a teenage criminal mastermind called Artemis Fowl who battles high tech elves and dwarves and other magical creatures for fairy gold. It's sort of James Bond meets Harry Potter. I don't think there are spaceships yet but maybe a few books along they'll arrive.

[avrelia.livejournal.com]

After I wrote it I remembered Michael Swanwick - his book Iron Dragon's Daughter has the mix high-tech and fair's world. Very good, though often slightly disturbing.

But I am still thinking of a kind of Space opera with elves instead of humans, and I can't remember any. ;)