From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 15:05:24 -0600, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
      
   > ""SF" as used here means "speculative fiction" and includes science   
   > fiction, fantasy, horror (a.k.a. dark fantasy), etc."   
      
   Never understood that wanky term “speculative fiction”. And no, I   
   don’t see the “SF” umbrella including fantasy or -- gods forbid --   
   horror.   
      
   Edge examples:   
      
   * “Lord Of Light”, by Roger Zelazny: an SF story wearing the clothes   
     of a fantasy.   
   * “The Magic Goes Away” by Larry Niven: magic as a natural phenomenon   
     amenable to scientific study is not something most “fantasy” authors   
     could cope with intellectually, so I would call this “SF”.   
      
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