Step 1: find a SciFi nerd rabid enough to argue that Star
Wars is Fantasy.
Step 2: suggest that Arthur C. Clarke’s third law means that
Star Wars just has some micro-technology the aforementioned nerd can’t discern
from magic. Comfort him/her by saying Captain Picard probably couldn’t tell
them apart either, and that Star Trek’s Q was essentially a wizard, as were the
aliens in Contact and Clarke’s own 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Step 3: persist until he/she coughs up blood and passes out.
Oh pfft. Everyone knows Star Wars was a Western! Really now.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, yeah, good point. I mean, if you can make engineering diagrams from it, is it really science fiction?
I snerfed my selzter and got bubbles up my nose when I read this.
ReplyDeleteThank you. ^_^
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ReplyDeleteI deleted my first comment as my fingers went a bit dyslexic on me. Cruelty. A funny and cruel post. Thanks.
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