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Old 03-07-2021, 07:32 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Batty, the thing about Pern (I've only read one book but in my research and conversations with other nerds was advised of this) is that her dragons are like, genetically created, the science behind them explained, so again it could be science fiction or fantasy. Her series have won awards in both fields.
Yeah I understand that there's sci do in there. The dragons are pretty clearly alien but it's still knights riding dragons. Sci to is an adjective to fantasy.
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