Yes, that was a distinction I was proud of articulating. I think you can patch up the AU problem (if it's mainly in one alternate universe, if that one is a continuation of ours, at least in the technology if not the history, or if it's about the hopping between universes, whether than hopping is sci-fi or fantasy).
However, what about urban fantasy? That the fantasy equivalent of technopunk, assuming that about five years in the future vampires are suddenly discovered to exist, and gives people who are angsty about special powers.
And what about flatland and utopian/dystopian fiction? I think those are plainly sci-fi as they're exploring a single idea designed to shed light on our own world. And the science they're illustrating is real, but the internal science is not.
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Date: 2008-04-08 09:27 am (UTC)However, what about urban fantasy? That the fantasy equivalent of technopunk, assuming that about five years in the future vampires are suddenly discovered to exist, and gives people who are angsty about special powers.
And what about flatland and utopian/dystopian fiction? I think those are plainly sci-fi as they're exploring a single idea designed to shed light on our own world. And the science they're illustrating is real, but the internal science is not.