I read a lot of both SF and fantasy. Most communities I've dealt with have commingled the genres, in part because the line between them can be blurry. Is this community supposed to be strictly SF, or are discussions of fantasy also okay?

I was going to post my mini review of Days of Shattered Faith, by Adrian Tchaikovsky, but it's clearly fantasy (though Tchaikovsky writes quite a lot of SF), so I thought I should ask.

Edit: it seems like I've had pretty good response to the question, and the vast majority would prefer to be more inclusive rather than draw a line. I'll go ahead and continue posting both, though note that so far a moderator hasn't weighed I in, and that could change things.

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(i wouldn't count this as spoilers, it's the premise of the story and none of it is kept as a secret from the characters, but your definition of spoilers may vary)

Dungeon Crawler Carl is sci-fi, because the dungeon where all the fantasy-style magic takes place is like a huge Star Trek holodeck, with some privileged players having safety protocols turned on. Carl can't cast any magic when he's outside, like back on the surface. Changes to the player's body, like Carl's increased strength, seem to be real effects caused by real genetic and matter manipulation, but other people who've gone through body changes that only work in a fantasy setting start to worry that they now can never leave the dungeon, or they'll die if the computer running the dungeon environment crashes. Galactic politics between various alien species becomes more and more important to the story in later books.

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