>>> >Are there any characters in a utopia who drink beer, play pool, and are
>>> >rude to the neighbours now-and-again?
<I replied>
>>> Easy: it's fantasy, not science fiction.
>>
>> I think we just found the answer to everything. What do you
>>think? ;)
>
>Does this mean that fantasy should just be quickly dismissed as facile? (I
>assume it's OK to discuss fantasy, since it's in the title description of
>the list).
No, simply that fantasy has far weaker requirements of logical consistency
that science fiction.
Neil
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