Bryon Daly wrote: > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:03:39 -0400, Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:45:57PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: > > > > > My question is this: what makes a book/story SF? > > > > Simple. It should be fiction, and it should involve science or something > > related to science in some major or minor way! > > So by this classification, would you consider Atwood's "The Handmaid's > Tale" not to be SF? > > It's been a long time since I read it, but I don't recall there being > much science involved. I'm thinking "speculative ficiton" would be a > much more apt description for it than science fiction.
-------------------------------------------------------------- You sound like Ms. Atwood explaining her works. I'm not saying that's good or bad, its just how she wanted her works to be known. However, in "The Handmaid's Tale" (one of the more chilling books I've ever read), there are ecological problems (SF-ish) and the associated precipitious decline in birthrate. George A _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
