Harry Potter: Fantasy or Sci-Fi?

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 13959

Ebony asked:
"Is Harry Potter really a fantasy series?"

--In a sense it is. I have a mental image of Fantasy and Sci-Fi 
being  "traditional" magic and future star-ship alien stuff 
respectively. However that is a not the best view, and is, I'll admit 
rather limiting. In the sense of Fantasy that you gave I'd classify 
Harry Potter as Sci-Fi. After all it is  connected with our world and 
the magic does have that seperate entity that people draw from type 
effect. I think that real magic is much like the magic in that 
description of fantasy in that it comes from us (see my OT-chatter 
post...)

I think HP is some of both, and therefore it is in another category 
altogether. 

Scott
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"I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in 
fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your 
mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the 
here and now?  Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." 
- John Lennon