Re: Fantasy equivalent to the Hugo?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin Bacon) writes:
> 
> Science Fiction: A form of speculative fiction in which the "what
> ifs" which define the imaginary world are based on science and/or
> technology. Usually this setting is an imagined future, but this is
> not always the case.
> 
> Fantasy: A form of speculative fiction in which the "what ifs" which
> define the imaginary world are based on the existence of magic.

Where does that leave Chiang's "Hell is the Absence of God", "72
Letters", and "Tower of Babylon"?

Because they "feel" like Science Fiction to me, especially "72 Letters".

(Gods Damn, I wish I had had my copy of _Stories of Your Life, and
others_ with me when I ran into him at ConJose'.)

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