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Re:Reading Neuromancer for the first time in 2025 by sethammons on Sunday July 13, 2025 @05:38AM (#44548878)
> The difference between science fiction and fantasy…is simply this, science fiction has rivets, fantasy has trees.

-- Orson Scott Card

There is hard and soft types that muddy the quote, but it largely stands.

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Re:Reading Neuromancer for the first time in 2025 by KineticLensman on Sunday July 13, 2025 @11:59AM (#44551335)
Another definition that almost works is the distinction between Not-Yet-Possible and Never-Possible - although this may fail when things like Faster-Than-Light drives are considered.
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