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Originally Posted by iansales  It's this insistence on plausibility within the confines chosen by the author (laws of physics, biology, etc.) that separates sf from fantasy. |
Well, as long as you leave out the FTL drive, and the enormous number of humanoid aliens populating the galaxy, and mystical powers like the Force, and ...
And one could easily argue that well-written fantasy insists on plausibility within
the confines chosen by the author.
As for the origins of the genre ... the fact that SF came along later could simply mean that SF was a comparatively
new subset in fantasy.
(Oh, and welcome aboard, Julie.)