Re: Fantasy equivalent to the Hugo?

Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:
>Please sort these on one side of the boundary or the other.  No credit 
>will be given for partial answers.:

Well, it'll have to be partial because I haven't read all of these. But, for
those I have read:

>         Rick Cook's "Wizard's Bane" series

Fantasy. The main character's approach to magic is more typical of a science
fiction plot, but he's still approaching *magic*.

>         Robert A. Heinlein's MAGIC, INC.

Science fiction. The postulated scientific revolution leads to something that
looks like magic, but its predicated on a scientific revolution. You could make
a borderline case for this being science fantasy, but you'd be stretching.

>         Anne McCaffrey's "Dragonrider" series

Fantasy. This is a toughie, because McCaffrey does include a SF-ish
colonization background. It's also a toughie because Pern was originally an
Analog publication, and Campbell's slant on psionics always makes classifying
the use of psychic powers difficult.

But there's enough magic-looking stuff laying around the series that I think
its fantasy. If she ever told the story of the SF-ish colonization, it would
probably be science fantasy. (Heck, that might even be science fiction.) But
the stories I've read -- which are limited to the original trilogy -- are all
solid fantasy.

>         Roger Zelazny's LORD OF LIGHT

I've read this. I loved it. But I don't remember enough about the details of
the world-building to classify it. I'm going to tentatively say science
fiction, but don't quote me on it.

>         (anything with faster-than-light (FTL) travel, time travel,
>         parallel worlds/universes, psionics, or shoddy science)

Generally science fiction. But most of those can be accomplished in fantasy,
too.

Justin Bacon
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