If you're a fantasy lover who's avoided science fiction novels, maybe you just haven't found the right gateway drug. Here are 11 novels that bridge the gap between fantasy and science fiction, by fitting into both categories.

Fox is making a science-fiction Western. The bad news is, it's not Firefly. But hey, at least it's original scifi programming. Chuck's executive producer Scott Rosenbaum is working on a "gunslinger stuck in another world" series.