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I'd have to agree with Rebekah that e.g. The Time Traveller's Wife qualifies. Legolas Send a noteboard - 11/05/2011 09:00:03 PM
Can you give me an example of a spec fic that cannot be called either fantasy or sci fi? This challenge just got a hell of a lot harder.

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell does too, Eco's Baudolino and probably The Island of the Day Before (I say probably because I haven't read that one), and loads of literary books - Calvino's Invisible Cities, I believe (again, haven't read), Mulisch' Discovery of Heaven, tons of Poe's stories, Kelly Link, you could even make a case for that terribly confusing Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans.

Of course, plenty of those are going to be debatable and might be considered fantasy or sci-fi by some, but really, that isn't a problem. :P
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Huh Camilla - 10/05/2011 10:28:58 PM 691 Views
That was what I meant, maybe I phrased that badly... Legolas - 11/05/2011 08:53:14 PM 668 Views
Re: That was what I meant, maybe I phrased that badly... Camilla - 11/05/2011 08:54:52 PM 612 Views
I'd have to agree with Rebekah that e.g. The Time Traveller's Wife qualifies. Legolas - 11/05/2011 09:00:03 PM 598 Views
Gaiman's short stories? Camilla - 12/05/2011 10:54:59 AM 691 Views
Some of them would be, yes. Rebekah - 12/05/2011 11:12:05 AM 635 Views
Replay by Ken Grimwood. Rebekah - 11/05/2011 09:00:32 PM 660 Views
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Indeed. Rebekah - 10/05/2011 10:37:51 PM 631 Views
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Speculative Fiction ranagrande - 11/05/2011 02:03:12 PM 672 Views
I entirely agree, evidently I phrased my opinion badly though... *NM* Legolas - 11/05/2011 08:55:00 PM 272 Views
Sure, I'll give it a shot. *NM* Legolas - 10/05/2011 08:10:04 PM 316 Views
Pure pimpage: In a few weeks, I'll have a story being published in an anthology that'd meet this Larry - 11/05/2011 11:18:17 PM 620 Views
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