Science Fantasy

Science fantasy is a mixed genre within speculative fiction drawing elements from both science fiction and fantasy.

A definition, offered by Rod Serling, is that "science fiction makes the implausible possible, while science fantasy makes the impossible plausible." The meaning is that science fiction describes unlikely things that could possibly take place in the real world under certain conditions, while science fantasy gives a veneer of realism to things that simply could not happen in the real world under any circumstances. Another interpretation is that science fiction does not permit the e
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Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Dune (Dune #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)
Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)
The Shadow of the Torturer
Saga, Volume 1
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeDune by Frank HerbertA Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice BurroughsSword & Citadel by Gene WolfeThe Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Science Fantasy
16 books — 3 voters

Opening Moves by Cosimo YapNascent by Tony CordenEdge of Reality by Andrei LivadnyEarth Force by Shemer KuznitsCountdown by Michael Atamanov
LitRPG... in space!
23 books — 26 voters
A Canticle of Two Souls by Steven RaaymakersA Canticle for the Fallen by Steven RaaymakersBorn to Exile by Phyllis EisensteinThe Guardians of Truth by Chelsea PaganSex Quests by Theodore Irvin Silar
Under-appreciated SFF authors
19 books — 11 voters

Cyrille  Mendes
Immobile, sidérée par le voyage de cette rame – propulsée dès sa sortie de la station PRYTÆK à l’intérieur d’un conduit tubulaire façonné avec un matériau transparent et inaltérable – la jungle s’anime d’un regard métallique quand celle-ci dénude brièvement ses parois oblongues, entre deux bouquets d’arbres.
Cyrille Mendes, Les Épieurs d'Ombre

Cyrille  Mendes
... une sorte de fauve de la Vieille Sylve chevauché par une femme...
Cyrille Mendes, Les Épieurs d'Ombre

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