Oryx and Crake

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ABout the stupidest thing I've heard described as "not science fiction" is Battlestar Galactica. You know, the show about the bloody great space ship. That does hyperdrive jumps. With a crew fight robots (or fleshy replicants). In space.

But aparently because they rip off The West Wing a bit (which is pretty nonsensical in itself - why the hell would these space types have such an exact replica of the American political system?) and a few critics like it it's "not science fiction".

[gnilleps]

I seem to recall Larry Fishburne talking about The Matrix claiming that it wasn't Science Fiction. Had he been arguing that (as some people do with Star Wars) that it was Science Fantasy instead then it wouldn't have depressed me as much. I don't even like The Matrix that much.