o [SF] Science fiction (rationally extrapolated or existing science)

o [DB] Douchebaggery (trying to look like SF, but failing)

o [Fy] Fantasy (honest hand-waving, mythology, tripe-tropes)

Examples: Two faces of Tomorrow - James P. Hogan; SF. Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin; Fy. Fantastic Voyage, Isaac Asimov, DB.

Yes, that's right - Asimov, Mr. Science and Rationality himself, on the DB shelves. There's no scientific basis available that may be used to extrapolate the wholesale shrinkage of a macroscopic object. Temporarily or otherwise. Not in 1967, and not now.

Though I love a good SF novel, in 50 years of reading, I haven't encountered a large number of them. DB dominates. Not to say that DB is unreadable; just that it isn't SF by any means.

And that's on paper, where special effects are no more costly than an argument between characters. Movies... guh. Terrible stuff in terms of scientific extrapolation. Just awful.

Then there's the usual Hollywood plot-mangling; poster child for that is Harrison's "Make Room, Make Room", a great *SF* novel about the world running short of resources and long on people, which Hollywood turned directly into bottom-feeder fare without further ado. For the record, soylent green is made of seaweed. :/

Ok, Four shelves:

o [SF] Science fiction (rationally extrapolated or existing science)

o [DB] Douchebaggery (trying to look like SF, but failing)

o [Fy] Fantasy (honest hand-waving, mythology, tripe-tropes)

o [Ki] Kindling (primarily useful to start fires)

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Something like:

Nerd Mating Call Fiction

High School Social Status Divider Fiction

Will Never Appreciate Hemmingway Fiction

hahaha.

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I think the whole thing has now reached the status of an entirely closed system.

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