Re: Quick E Nesbit question

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:48:27 -0800, Barbara Needham wrote:
>  S Wittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 01:24:37 -0500, "Glenn P.,"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >On 01-Dec-03 at 2:33pm -0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > I recently bought _The Phoenix and the Carpet_. I believe
> > > > _Five Children and It_ is the only prequel. Are there others
> > > > in this series? I've done the standard digging on-line (isfdb,
> > > > locus,fantasticfiction) and I can't find definitive information.
> >
> > >What I can't understand is WHY, on Earth, you are posting to this
> > >newsgroup! It is COMPLETELY off-topic. 
> > 
> > Really?  _Five Children and It_ is pretty unambiguously sf.
> 
>  Doesn't this get into the famous "is fantasy a form of science fiction?"
>  question?

No, the sf in rec.arts.sf.written refers to speculative fiction and it
encompasses both fantasy and sci-fi.

The suggestion that a sf book (whether fantasy or sci-fi) is off-topic
in rec.arts.sf.written because it's a children's book is ridiculous.

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