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by iisan7 979 days ago
Narurally. I think it's widely recognized that social commentary is what distinguishes science fiction (which casts a lens on possible futures extrapolated from our present) from fantasy (escapism, mythology, or hedonism).
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So Discworld (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld) or Earthsea (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthsea) are science fiction for you?
well, the first line of the linked page says these are "comic fantasy" and "high fantasy" respectively, so no (though I think Discworld is arguably sci fi). But I get your point and concede that genre boundaries are not solid but more like intersecting clouds.