tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post113447474704179418..comments2024-03-29T05:07:02.453+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: Jon Courtenay Grimwood: 9tail FoxMichael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1134668757271292872005-12-15T17:45:00.000+00:002005-12-15T17:45:00.000+00:00"Speculative fiction" is a quite popular umbrella ..."Speculative fiction" is a quite popular umbrella term that includes the science fiction and fantasy genre. The idea is that the borders between the two genres can get so diluted that a new term seemed more appropriate on the whole.<BR/><BR/>I believe horror fiction often falls under it as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1134641082518248102005-12-15T10:04:00.000+00:002005-12-15T10:04:00.000+00:00But isn't speculative fiction simply a term people...But isn't speculative fiction simply a term people use when they don't want to admit to writing sci-fi?<BR/>Like Margaret Atwood once said that she didn't right sci-fi, she wrote speculative fiction, because she didn't have guns and aliens. But Oryx and Crake is very def. sci-fi.Fencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04478271943214944729noreply@blogger.com