SF--a clear, cohesive, and simple definition
Del Cotter
ANIM8Rfsk <ANIM...@cox.net> said:
>Simon Spiegel at si...@simifilm.ch
>>ANIM8Rfsk <ANIM...@cox.net> said:
>>>Simon Spiegel at si...@simifilm.ch wrote
>>>> To make this very simple: "Realist" fiction says: "Our story is not
>>>> true, but it could (have) happen(ed)."
>>>> Fantasy says: "Our story is not true and it can't happen."
>>>> Science fiction says: "Our story isn't true and it couldn't happen, but
>>>> we pretend that it could."
>>>
>>> And these definitions come from where?
>>
>> These definitions are simplified versions of what is more or less
>> common sense in contemporary science fiction theory.
>
>So you wrote them?
I'm ignoring the boring trolls to take this opportunity to give my
clear, Cohesive, and Simple definition of SF that amused the other
members of the APA I'm in. I compared science fiction, fantasy, and
alternative history to the conditional mood of English grammar.
Del Cotter's Clear, Cohesive, & Simple Definitions:
***************************************************
FIRST CONDITIONAL (Science Fiction):
"If I win the lottery, I will buy a Porsche"
SECOND CONDITIONAL (Fantasy):
"If I won the lottery, I would buy a Porsche"
THIRD CONDITIONAL (Alternative History):
"If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a Porsche"
I thank yew.
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Taki Kogoma
allegedly declared to rec.arts.sf.written...
>I'm ignoring the boring trolls to take this opportunity to give my
>clear, Cohesive, and Simple definition of SF that amused the other
>members of the APA I'm in. I compared science fiction, fantasy, and
>alternative history to the conditional mood of English grammar.
>
>Del Cotter's Clear, Cohesive, & Simple Definitions:
>***************************************************
>
> FIRST CONDITIONAL (Science Fiction):
>
> "If I win the lottery, I will buy a Porsche"
>
> SECOND CONDITIONAL (Fantasy):
>
> "If I won the lottery, I would buy a Porsche"
>
> THIRD CONDITIONAL (Alternative History):
>
> "If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a Porsche"
>
>I thank yew.
I dare you to formulate the "horror" conditional....
Gym "Hrm...'If I win the lottery, I'll buy a used Pinto'?" Quirk
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That's a lot less bad than most.
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Jack Tingle
Craig Richardson
wrote:
>On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 20:15:12 +0100, Del Cotter <d...@branta.demon.co.uk>
>allegedly declared to rec.arts.sf.written...
>>Del Cotter's Clear, Cohesive, & Simple Definitions:
>>***************************************************
>>
>> FIRST CONDITIONAL (Science Fiction):
>>
>> "If I win the lottery, I will buy a Porsche"
>>
>> SECOND CONDITIONAL (Fantasy):
>>
>> "If I won the lottery, I would buy a Porsche"
>>
>> THIRD CONDITIONAL (Alternative History):
>>
>> "If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a Porsche"
>>
>>I thank yew.
>
>I dare you to formulate the "horror" conditional....
>
>Gym "Hrm...'If I win the lottery, I'll buy a used Pinto'?" Quirk
Secret History: I didn't win the lottery, and you can't see my
Porsche.
--Craig
--
"Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever." - The Replacements
Craig Richardson (crichar...@worldnet.att.net)
Kurt Busiek
> On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 20:15:12 +0100, Del Cotter <d...@branta.demon.co.uk>
> allegedly declared to rec.arts.sf.written...
>> I'm ignoring the boring trolls to take this opportunity to give my
>> clear, Cohesive, and Simple definition of SF that amused the other
>> members of the APA I'm in. I compared science fiction, fantasy, and
>> alternative history to the conditional mood of English grammar.
>>
>> Del Cotter's Clear, Cohesive, & Simple Definitions:
>> ***************************************************
>>
>> FIRST CONDITIONAL (Science Fiction):
>>
>> "If I win the lottery, I will buy a Porsche"
>>
>> SECOND CONDITIONAL (Fantasy):
>>
>> "If I won the lottery, I would buy a Porsche"
>>
>> THIRD CONDITIONAL (Alternative History):
>>
>> "If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a Porsche"
>>
>> I thank yew.
>
> I dare you to formulate the "horror" conditional....
>
> Gym "Hrm...'If I win the lottery, I'll buy a used Pinto'?" Quirk
FOURTH CONDITIONAL (Horror)
"If I won the lottery and forgot to pay taxes on it, scary men would
repossess my Porsche"
kdb
David Cowie
>
> I dare you to formulate the "horror" conditional....
>
> Gym "Hrm...'If I win the lottery, I'll buy a used Pinto'?" Quirk
"If I don't win the lottery, then I won't be able to replace my Ford"
--
David "Drives GM now" Cowie
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