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Originally Posted by dask

This may not be of help but I remember reading two things over the years. One, that sf is a sub-genre of fantasy (not the other way around) so technically all sf may be considered a type of fantasy, and two, all fiction is fantasy (which might be true in the extreme but not sure how practical it is). Wish I could remember where I read this. I'm sure a person's personal definition of fantasy is essential in all this.

I can not dispute this. I will now consider both sayings factual. It will make me slightly less frustrated as I filter through 100's of sword and sorcery books, endless Robert Jordan books and untold numbers of vampire books, trying to find the kind of Science (Fantasy?) that appeals to me.