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View Poll Results: Do you read both SF and Fantasy?
No, Fantasy only 6 7.14%
No, SF only 3 3.57%
Mostly Fantasy 26 30.95%
Mostly SF 14 16.67%
Equal mix of both 35 41.67%
Neither 0 0%
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Old 11th March 2007, 01:21 PM   #1 (permalink)
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How many read both SF and Fantasy?

Just curious. I was wondering how much overlap there is, just within these 2 genres. I read only Fantasy at this point.
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Old 11th March 2007, 01:37 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

I mostly read SF, but I can enjoy a good fantasy book too.
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Old 11th March 2007, 01:38 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

I read Mostly Fantasy, but I'll read the odd Sci-Fi book, if only just for a change of scenery.
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Old 11th March 2007, 01:47 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

At the moment I read mostly fantasy. However, there are some sf books on my bookshelves I'm really looking forward to read: Bujold's Vorkosigan series, Simmon's Hyperion and Card's Ender-series.
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Old 11th March 2007, 01:54 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

I read both, but I'm pickier about fantasy. There's so much dreck....
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Old 11th March 2007, 02:26 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

I read mostly fantasy at the moment, although I like a bit of sci-fi from time to time.
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Old 11th March 2007, 02:40 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

im a devoted fantasy reader who indulgdes in a good sci-fi from time to time
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Old 11th March 2007, 02:43 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

Just Sci Fi for me.
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Old 11th March 2007, 03:04 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

Both. I prefer fantasy, but as a poster said further up, I find it harder to find good fantasy. Too much fantasy (IMO), these day is basically a dressed up romance novel complete with the mind numbing minutiae of court intrigue.
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Old 11th March 2007, 03:29 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

Its kind of funny now that I come to think about it, I was a SF fan all the way, but slowly and without even realising I became a fantasy reader.

Now my average is 3 fantasies to 1 SF
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Old 11th March 2007, 03:43 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

It used to be an equal mix but I'm reading more sci-fi these days because there aren't a lot of new fantasy books I can get into. Certainly not by choice, I prefer a balanced mix. Many times after 2 sci-fi books, I decide I need my fantasy fix but always come up short. There simply aren't a lot of good prose in fantasy these days.
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Old 11th March 2007, 04:19 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

Almost entirely science fiction, but sometimes I'll read something by Ellison or Bradbury or Lovecraft, or etc. that qualifies as fantasy/weird tales. I haven't read any sword and sorcery-style fantasy in about 20 years... it all started to feel the same.
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Old 11th March 2007, 04:23 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

Half-and-half - depends entirely on my mood at the time.
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Old 11th March 2007, 04:32 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

I read both, but I prefer sci-fi.
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Re: How many read both SF and Fantasy?

Have to say Fantasy,
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