I see a fellow wordpressian who seems to be supporting psyk’s position on the blurring of lines between science fiction and fantasy – Pawnstorm addresses it here.
And Geekdad does a capsule review of Heinlein’s Space Cadet, the juvenovel inspiration for Tom Corbett. What’s interesting about this take on one of RAH’s classic is this:
“Even the geekiest of modern readers will be quite willing to suspend their disbelief at these unintentional gaffes, mostly because the story is compelling and moves along at a fair pace. Heinlein had a knack for telling a good yarn without overloading it with overly descriptive science or with lengthy exposition.”
Heinlein is mentioned in that piece along with Asimov and Clarke; he’s referenced as having been the ‘Dean of Science Fiction’. Short shrift for the man who was also the first SFWA Grandmaster and probably more responsible for modern science fiction than anyone else. But then, he’s not just old, he’s dead too…
[...] Writing — Tom Dillon @ 8:43 am In response to one of my posts yesterday, crochetyoldfan noted that it looked like I was espousing the view that the line between Science Fiction and Fantasy is [...]
Pawnstorm – that wasn’t directed specifically at you, merely using your post as an example.
I’ll retreat back into crotchedyness: when I was wearing short pants, “speculative fiction” was a term developed by the new wavers to encompass a wider definition of science fiction – but it was not being stretched so far that it included fantasy.
I’m gonna be keepin my eye on you, lol