I love listening to George, such an intelligent and well-spoken man.
@AcrimoniousMirth6 жыл бұрын
Stanko Burrito yeah, I was really taken aback when I first listened to an interview. Not only is he a good storyteller but he has an incredible well of knowledge and thought.
@MrRaindog5 жыл бұрын
I love listening to that woman's fake laugh.
@Toetmeister4 жыл бұрын
Ytmnd
@scottkingdon41353 жыл бұрын
I like listening to his beard less however.
@haywoodjablomee66715 жыл бұрын
This sci-writer looks exactly like how you’d expect a stereotypical sci-fi writer to look and George R.R. Martin looks exactly how you’d expect a stereotypical fantasy writer to look hahah.
@zoodiaco56575 жыл бұрын
hahaha this is so true!
@uptown36364 жыл бұрын
You're so right--it's hilarious. I've got to give a shout-out to my favorite writer, though. The sci-fi writer in the video is Kim Stanley Robinson, one of the true genius sci-fi authors alive today. Give him a read. I think you'll find it worth your while.
@raffitz6 жыл бұрын
KSR's half-incredulous "Oh my God" followed by his laugh, after hearing GRRM reference some producer's description of Star Trek as not a Science Fiction show, but rather a People show, is everything.
@wreynolds19956 жыл бұрын
6:45
@BlueCrashFigurineHoldingWumpa5 жыл бұрын
That makes sense to me though, it's definitely both
@darllington89956 жыл бұрын
Wow. I never thought of scifi and fantasy as parts of one genre, it is really cool and it kinda opens up my mind to several possibilities of writing a nice story using aspects of this big genre. Thanks, guys. Very insightful.
@JohnDoeTheGoodGuy5 жыл бұрын
It's hard. I had this idea back in 2015 about writing a story with both genres in one novel, but here I am stuck in page 24 three years later.
@ufoash4405 жыл бұрын
Generally that was how they used to be considered back in the Postwar period
@ultimodragon6475 жыл бұрын
Star Wars bro. Space Wizards
@balabanasireti4 жыл бұрын
@@JohnDoeTheGoodGuy That's rough, buddy.
@JohnDoeTheGoodGuy4 жыл бұрын
@@balabanasireti Update, I'm in page 83 now. It's rough.
@alistairwilliams56784 жыл бұрын
The other author is Kim Stanley Robinson, great author too.
@deadpoolregeneratedegenera16833 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Was surfing the comments to learn this.
@d.f.g78403 жыл бұрын
thanks
@xxlCortez3 жыл бұрын
I think the general distinction between sci-fi and fantasy is that sci-fi tends to have a technobabble that explains how the technology works while magic is often either mysterious or very basically explained.
@CyclonerM3 жыл бұрын
That's only one kind of Sci fi, there are hard scifi universes like the Expanse that are actually more "realistic"
@ahmedharris71485 жыл бұрын
Kim Stanley Robinson has written some of the best planetary hard sci fi that I've ever read. His mars trilogy is brilliant and a literary feat in its own right.
@AzaleaJane4 жыл бұрын
Agreed, the Mars books are amazing!
@Baamthe25th6 жыл бұрын
That otherinterviewee is interessting too. His name should be in the tittle
@joshpotts6195 жыл бұрын
Kim Stanley Robinson :)
@ahmedharris71485 жыл бұрын
He's written some really good hard sci fi such as the Mars trilogy
@TomorrowWeLive4 жыл бұрын
@@ahmedharris7148 bah. Nothing but leftist agitprop.
@jjsalas3 жыл бұрын
@@TomorrowWeLive awesome then
@dasaggropop12446 жыл бұрын
there are no lemontrees in POST apocalyptic braavos...
@kettlemagic6 жыл бұрын
All hail Chad Summerchild, Queen in the North!
@Roflmaolinde6 жыл бұрын
#lemongate
@Mprator4 жыл бұрын
Would have been awesome if George had written for Star Trek.
@tylerthejokerfan49663 жыл бұрын
Well then it would be completely different
@Shringyshrong6 жыл бұрын
Wow these are some intelligent fellows
@mickmickymick69274 жыл бұрын
George really does not like that chair
@OBtheamazing5 жыл бұрын
Scifi and Fantasy are very similar, But they portray their setting is very different ways, even if the end result is the same. I would say that Scifi uses technology(power/magic) that comes from mankind creation and intellect(essentially it is made by a living being). While with fantasy, the powers and magic come from an alternate power, the characters usually never invent or create the magic, they just harness it. I feels thats the difference, man(or alien) made VS made by a third party(god/universe/etc). Starwars has scifi tech, yet the force is generated by an outside source, hence it is both. As i read in an article once, scifi is magic that is reproducible, while magic is constrained to the person. No one else can build the one ring, because Sauron put HIS power into it, while in Halo, shields that block projectiles can be replicated if you put enough effort in understanding it.
@FernasRPG2 ай бұрын
Main difference between Fantasy and Sci Fi is how the "magic" works. In Fantasy magic comes from supernatural/religion and SCI Fi com from technology. The rest is very similar
@ADADEL15 жыл бұрын
My gut reaction is that in Fantasy stories, the past is better than the present while in SciFy stories the present is better than the past. So, for example, in a Fantasy story the spell book of the first necromancer would hold mighty spells lost to the current age. While in a more SciFy story the spell book of the first necromancer would be so full of errors and misunderstandings that magi in the current age would find it laughable. The big exception to this "rule" is in post-apocalyptic stories.
@chadefita5 жыл бұрын
gee, this exemple is pretty lame and don't mirror reality. at least, not printed science fiction reality.
@arbiter82463 жыл бұрын
Robert E. Howard In June 1936, as Hester Howard slipped into her final coma, her son maintained a death vigil with his father and friends of the family, getting little sleep, drinking huge amounts of coffee, and growing more despondent. On the morning of June 11, 1936, Howard asked one of his mother's nurses, Mrs. Green, if she would ever regain consciousness. When she told him no, he walked out to his car in the driveway, took the pistol from the glove box, and shot himself in the head. His father and another doctor rushed out, but the wound was too grievous for anything to be done. Howard lived for another eight hours, dying at 4 pm; his mother died the following day.
@destrologando23626 жыл бұрын
Is there a video with this interview in its fullness?
@WayneAnonymous6 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJfFqKtth6Z9qdU It begins aroudn 8 minutes.
@rajinbin5 жыл бұрын
@@WayneAnonymous thanks
@darkojan142 жыл бұрын
I suggest all Elden ring players listen to this cuz when loreheads start digging you all gotta get a big shock
@phantomfire82286 ай бұрын
2:42
@chadpfister8336 жыл бұрын
#CometIsAVolcryn
@michaellee8885 жыл бұрын
58:56 Jimmy Carter was a good man. He wasn't that effective, but he was good. By George, you absolutely nailed it!!! I totally agree. Ditto to everyone saying George RR is a genius and articulate!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4W3iGuDlMqnodE
@tegan85236 жыл бұрын
Just me who thinks it looks easier to create a whole new world rather than going outside and learning about how our own works? I’m definitely wrong but that is what my brain tells me.
@wreynolds19956 жыл бұрын
Fiction is not about how the world around us works. And the answer is no anyway, partly because any decent writer will have to make their new world consistent enough that the reader will be willing to keep reading, and partly because the best parts of "fantastica" usually take their inspiration from the real world, either directly or indirectly.
@CountArtha5 жыл бұрын
Same reason it's easier to build a train set in your basement than be a railroad engineer. Life is complicated; fantasy is simple.
@samguy76545 жыл бұрын
Even you were right about that (which i don't think you are) I don't think art or literature is about how hard something is to create.
@Kurruptedwolf5 жыл бұрын
I'm, not a writer just a typical person and the kinda jumbo was said is absolutely amazing. Thank you all you have just opened my mind to a whole new way to look at things.
@flyingpotato86274 жыл бұрын
@@wreynolds1995 Science fiction is more based about how the world around us works. You can't put new technology or devices in it without explaining how that could exists within our real world. Reality is the main influence for fiction.
@michaeltveten84585 жыл бұрын
Sci-fi endeavors to tap the “Intellect”, whereas, Fantasy taps the “Emotion”. There should never be any “Magic” in Sci-fi, but it is almost “Expected” in Fantasy. Neither genre merits more credence, it just comes down to preference, and of course how well it is written.
@anlumo15 жыл бұрын
@@willmosse3684 Star Wars is SciFi-Fantasy IMO. That universe without the Jedi is typical SciFi (space ships and battles, fixing technical devices, spy stories), and the Jedi are typical fantasy knights (who have to control their emotions to feed on some unexplained power they can wield with their thought).
@anlumo15 жыл бұрын
@@willmosse3684 Yes, Star Trek also has mind reading, alternate universes (aka planes) and other things that don't make a lot of sense scientifically.
@BigUriel5 жыл бұрын
@@anlumo1 Science fiction is full of things that are just magic by a different name. You just call them by some fancy scientific-sounding name and pretend it's plausible like "artificial gravity generator".
@jacobgordon29062 жыл бұрын
An ancient alien civilization could have magic and that's how the futuristic technology was created so I find it hard to believe that there shouldn't be any magic in sci fi
@OminousIllustrations Жыл бұрын
good comment
@michaelkean59692 жыл бұрын
YOU you Scifi or fantasy? Lord of the Rings: "i'm Blatant fantasy through and through" how about you? Star Trek:"Sci-fi to the bone" what are you? Star wars: i'm a good mixture of both and what are you Sci-fi or fantasy? Warhammer 40K: I uuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh fuck if i know.
@TalonAshlar5 жыл бұрын
Mhmmmm ice cream....
@aster33805 жыл бұрын
I never liked sci-fi on the bases that where fantasy has unreal things that are attributed to magic which people can't explain very well, while sci-fi has unreal things that are attributed to science, which people still cant explain. Which frustrates me to no end. With fantasy I've found stories with well laid-out laws and some extent of science to magic - odd though it may sound - while sci-fi's I've read seem to wave it off as "it's complicated scince stuff!". Or maybe I've just been reading bad (as in, in my opinion) sci-fi, which gave me the wrong idea. Please tell me if I've just not been looking in the right places for the right sci-fi book, if you're willing to spend the time and effort thank you :)
@HarryS775 жыл бұрын
You might be interested in the work of Richard Powers. He writes sci-fi in the sense of fiction that deals with real-world science, e.g. The Goldbug Variations. Kim Stanley Robinson's books (the other guy in the interview) are great, but his Mars Trilogy, while it does deal with actual science, and things that may one day be a reality, also relies on a fair amount of "fucking magic" science.
@MaurDL5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I enjoy both but I'm not sure what Sci-fi you've been reading? The difference isn't really in whether or not things can be explained. Brandon Sanderson is an example of a fantasy author who goes to insane lengths to explain his complicated magic systems, but with Fantasy you more or less concede the notion: "I wish this were real", while part of the appeal of Sci-fi is the fun in imagining: "this may very well become reality". My favorite Sci-fi book that I've read was Isaac Asimov's "The Foundation" which, to this day, still has a hold on my world view and perception of humanity. The idea of "psycho-history" is very real to me, that being that the human individual is unpredictable but the larger the sample size of humans, the more human nature starts to express itself in very observable and measurable ways. Not to mention he fathered the 3 laws of robotics, which is as well laid out as they come. I don't think I've ever read a (true) Sci-fi story that relies on the use of "hand-waving" however, that defeats the fun of it. So again, I'm not sure what you've been reading?? O_o
@balabanasireti4 жыл бұрын
No.
@flyingpotato86274 жыл бұрын
In science fiction you have to explain why that works, and how that would work in real life. Otherwise is science fantasy.
@nickb220 Жыл бұрын
hm maybe fantasy is the future...
@QueenDaenerysTargaryen3 жыл бұрын
To bad the shows writers were more interested in sci-fi than fantasy. Said so themselves in an interview.
@oobrocks3 жыл бұрын
The other man is on LSD
@anlumo15 жыл бұрын
Well, I disagree with GRRM on that one. He's right that on the surface, both genres are the same (some story in a made-up universe), but they come from different angles. SciFi has always been about talking about concepts relating to modern humanity, asking “what if X would happen” and showing where that line of thinking goes. Fantasy always was just about having fun and about power fantasies. I'm not saying that it's not possible to have a fun story with no agenda in SciFi or a thoughtful story in Fantasy, but that's not how they're typically used. Maybe that's also why magic takes such a backseat in ASoIaF, GRRM doesn't really try to write a typical Fantasy story. He could place it into contemporary fiction and it would work just as well.
@kvmairforce5 жыл бұрын
Fantasy has been around for 1000's of years that any human can do, even cave men from 10,000 years ago did it. SciFi is much more recent and you really have to be educated to do it correctly. The chances of having a extremely educated individual who also is a great writer is very, very rare.
@balabanasireti4 жыл бұрын
No.
@flyingpotato86274 жыл бұрын
"far more evidence for the existence of ghosts" And to think this interview was made after it was proven in the Hadron Collider that ghosts don't exist. Ok.
@kvmairforce5 жыл бұрын
Science fiction is not easy to write, you have to be well-educated science, advanced math, current applicable theories. Fantasy, you don't have to be educated at all, you can make anything up.
@perfectdeath53105 жыл бұрын
ok I dont think your giving fantasy its fair shake. You only need to know the barest minimum to write either, its just that best works are written by the most educated. Yeah, the best Sci Fi written by those educated in math and science, just like the best Fantasy is written by those educated in geography, sociology, culture, religion, linguistics, and history.
@flyingpotato86274 жыл бұрын
@@perfectdeath5310 Uhhh... We could say the very same thing for any work of fiction. To write good science fiction you will have to learn linguistics, sociology, culture and history too, if you are going to add new intelligent species to your story. Also, learning about religion is not that big of a deal than learning of... You know, science since it has different ramifications such as biology, psychology, physics... The idea is there.
@ricebix3 жыл бұрын
This is the worst take in the comment section. GRRM is very well educated in history and many different subjects and you can tell he uses that knowledge in his writing. Do you think while writing asoiaf he just makes up all the details about things like the galleys and cogs and how large they are and how many oarsmen would fit on each and how a ship crew functions? Or all the intricate detail he goes into when describing the various types of clothing and armour his characters wear, and what specific materials they're made of with the multiple layers each character wears while in time with that level of advancement? Or when he describes a feast and all the different the foods, specifically how they're cooked and served, and what spices, fruits and other ingredients are used and how they are used? Or what about all the different types of horses he mentions and what they're used for? Or how about how they preserve food at the wall during winter? Or what about how the feudal system works? An interesting fantasy world isn't going to be interesting unless it is somewhat based in reality and is consistent within it's established rules and world and details. You literally can't go into as much detail as some fantasy writers do while not being "educated at all" That's probably one of the most ignorant things I've ever read.
@RhodokTribesman2 жыл бұрын
You have to be well read in history, politics, cultures, and languages to write good fantasy. Tolkien was no dumbass, my guy.
@pm712415 жыл бұрын
Hmm... no... Fantasy and Sci-Fi is not alike. They are not "opposite" either, but there's one important difference. Sci-Fi (at least that which is about "the future") have to deal with the issue of being a plausible extension of our current world. This ususally is very hard and leads to anachronisms. In Fantasy on the other hand you have the options of creating an entirely self-coherent world ... and you can solve any thing by legitimately injecting magic.
@nehuenbec5 жыл бұрын
so both are alike then. sci fi is like fantasy but answering HOW on whats being created. easy.
@pm712415 жыл бұрын
+Rey Try a less ignorant tone. My point was that you are allowed to define the world as you like with physics and supernatural elements as you need to explain any event. In Sci-FI (at least that which is just "some-future-earth") you are constrained by our reality. ... meaning it's a lot easier to create a coherent world in Fantasy. Sci-Fi easy fall prey to anachronisms and other stuff which sticks out.
@balabanasireti4 жыл бұрын
Yes, they are. Bitch.
@flyingpotato86274 жыл бұрын
@@balabanasireti Nice ad hominem, zero arguments. That makes a good one in the defense of fantasy, sure.
@flyingpotato86274 жыл бұрын
@@nehuenbec No.
@thecuriousdonkey88425 жыл бұрын
Why is the women look like she has her eyes closed wtf
@ssa31016 жыл бұрын
He is not exactly a shining example of health. Is he?
@lordblackwood67376 жыл бұрын
Fuck off!
@OTEP12345678910116 жыл бұрын
Are you?
@ssa31016 жыл бұрын
@@lordblackwood6737 why?
@ssa31016 жыл бұрын
@@OTEP1234567891011 doesn't matter
@OTEP12345678910116 жыл бұрын
So, let me guess. His health only matters because you think he owes people a completed set of novels, Is that it?
@itsnotatoober6 жыл бұрын
Three men on stage not gender equality
@paulwalsh71346 жыл бұрын
Did you just assume their genders?
@OTEP12345678910116 жыл бұрын
Dawww, poooooor baaaaaby.
@dafty41836 жыл бұрын
pretty ignorant comment, being as most women can't even read, let alone write.
@waldoman75 жыл бұрын
stupid isn't a contest
@__-fi6xg5 жыл бұрын
I allways tough science fiction is cool and Fantasy is gay cuz Ghost Whisperer sucks ass and there was no other Fantasy Show i remember from 90s in Germany.