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)
E.S. Fein
As was the Wintersvilla Warrior custom during times of relaxation, Myriam walked toward Shira fully nude, her large, unbound breasts bouncing freely with each of her steps, though Shira was in no shape for even scant arousal. It wasn’t seduction or sexuality that created the custom, but rather, a sign of a true warrior who had nothing to fear and could relax in her bare skin and ports without worrying about lacking in safety, let alone being concerned with trivialities like modesty. It was by th ...more
E.S. Fein, Mendel's Ladder

In the realm of closed eyes, peaceful dreams abide; yet, it is the unwavering ones that unveil the strength within.
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