thread: 2010-11-15 : Scifi vs Horror x3
On 2010-11-15, Ben Lehman wrote:
I don't buy this equation. I think Sf and horror have less in common with each other than one might think.
I'm trying to formulate an actual argument, though.
Ah, okay. Horror stories are all about powerful elements that are outside rational human control. The very premise of science fiction, as a genre, is placing all events within rational human control and understanding. In a world where any magic is indistinguishable from advanced technology, there's no way that Freddy Krueger can be about your parents' expectations for you and the social decay of suburbia. He's some sort of stupid dream-technology construct.
Horror pairs with fantasy better than SF, I think.
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—Ben
