At 06:08 PM 8/25/2004 +0900 G. D. Akin wrote: >Erik Reuter asked: > >> > So, Stranger in a Strange Land is not Science Fiction? >> >> I don't remember any science. Do you? > >----------------- > >They got to Mars and back in a spaceship. There are Aliens. SF in its >simplists form.
I don't think that the presence of spaceships or aliens necessarily requires the use of science. Certainly not in the way Erik proposed. For example, a novel set entirely on an alien planet - without interplanetary travel. To me, this woudl still be science fiction. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
