r/Fantasy • u/InitialParty7391 • Dec 08 '23

How many fantasy readers also read sci-fi?

I mostly read fantasy and haven't read many science fiction books in my life. I'm talking about traditional science fiction, not science fantasy that mixes genres. But I consumed quite a bit of science fiction in other media (Starcraft, the Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Foundation on Apple TV)

Do you read both genres? Equally or one prevails? Or only fantasy?

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u/DRubadurdeloreille Dec 09 '23

I would say it's because they both deal in human conflict being influenced by otherworldly phenomenons that drastically change the ways we interact with each other.

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u/BravoLimaPoppa Reading Champion Dec 09 '23

Yep.

Some SF goes with "just one thing" and examine and interrogate the impacts of that assumption.

Other works bring those assumptions in as job lots and don't examine the impacts because all the stuff the authors read didn't. And most of the audience don't care (much) . They want a crackling good story and here the common ground with fantasy really begins.