Farish Week 3

How is science fiction different from fantasy, according to Le Guinn ( http://www.ursulakleguin.com/PlausibilityRevisited.html)?

According to Le Guinn, fiction is something which didn’t happen while realistic fiction pretends that it did. Science fiction is part of this realism and both imply plausibility to win the reader’s approval to the fiction. In science fiction, the timeline tends to be lopsided with the future becoming the present or the past. While science fiction can be seen by some as modern mythology, myths, folk lore and legends fall instead closer to fantasy. Fantasy tends to be more direct about it's fiction unlike science fiction, which tries to bring the fiction indirectly into an everyday routine. In fantasy there is no pretense of whether it happened, might happen or will ever happen. While at times in fantasy realistic details are used in order not to overload the reader with the improbable. Fantasy has to be consistent and coherent, throughout the story. And the writer should ensure that the invention doesn’t contradict itself.

Guin, L, K, U (n.d.). Plausitibility Revisited. Retrieved at 8 August from

http://www.ursulakleguin.com/PlausibilityRevisited.html