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HELLO where is 40k and the Metabarons???

We all love golden age writers, but where is the rest??? No single reference to Warhammer 40,000 or the Metabarons? These are the very definition of science fantasy. No reference to Don Lawrence's Storm? It is my understanding that all these immensely popular works happen to be European. Well guess what, there are more countries in the world than USA and MAYBE you should include them in wikipedia articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.103.109.105 (talk) 08:27, 14 October 2010‎

Jupiter Ascending(?)

Science fiction of science fantasy? It does contain dragons and other fantastical elements. Similarly, can the entire subgenre of space opera be classified as science fantasy? Comments? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:14c:1:4dd0:f8c5:130d:bb44:e1dc (talk • contribs) 13:40, June 29, 2015 (UTC)

Hard and Soft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_science_fiction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_science_fiction
Are there versions for Science fantasy?
Kenixkil (talk) 07:07, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
By definition, science fantasy falls into the "soft" category, because it is absolutely not based on physics as we know them. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 13:14, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Illustration

User Industrial Insect removed the image on the right with explanation removed AI slop. It's quite clearly not "AI slop" and it's the only image in the article that actually illustrates and helps explain the genre – so I'd like to readd it.

References

^ Bergue, Viviane (1 January 2017). "Defining Science Fantasy". Fantasy Art and Studies. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
^ Hogsette, David S. (4 August 2022). The Transcendent Vision of Mythopoeic Fantasy. McFarland. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-4766-8292-1.
^ Dozois, Gardner (10 December 2013). The Good Old Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition. Macmillan + ORM. ISBN 978-1-4668-5950-0.

Prototyperspective (talk) 21:33, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Who is the actual artist of the piece? The infobox literally says "(AI illustration)". If it's AI generated, it doesn't belong here. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 21:47, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not AI generated in one go. It's the most illustrative image for this article. Are you just opposing its inclusion just because in your personal subjective opinion you hate using AI tools? Or what is the reason? Why would it not belong there if it's useful, illustrative and of good quality? Prototyperspective (talk) 21:52, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[defining-1] Bergue, Viviane (1 January 2017). "Defining Science Fantasy". Fantasy Art and Studies. Retrieved 5 April 2025.

[Hogsette-2] Hogsette, David S. (4 August 2022). The Transcendent Vision of Mythopoeic Fantasy. McFarland. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-4766-8292-1.

[3] Dozois, Gardner (10 December 2013). The Good Old Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition. Macmillan + ORM. ISBN 978-1-4668-5950-0.

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