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Originally Posted by Manarion  Already, it's not even considered its own genre anymore; rather, it's considered a SUB-genre of SF. |
People have been saying that since the early 1970's, simply because SF was already a viable genre -- in terms of a marketing category -- and in that sense fantasy was the new kid on the block. Nevertheless, fantasy has not, at any point during the almost forty years since, been in any danger of being absorbed by SF.
If it's any comfort to you, Manarion, your fears have no basis in the history of the genre, and you have nothing to worry about. Those writers who are exploring the outer boundaries of the genre, and those readers who enjoy what they are doing, are not endangering it in any way, shape, or form. All the evidence suggests otherwise.