More Words, Deeper Hole

Wuxia. Which is a genre unto its own self, and need not be shoehorned into either the category "Fantasy" or "Science Fiction." In much the same way that James Bond books are thrillers, and the occasional mad scientist with a death ray does not make them anything other than thrillers.

(Actually I can't remember off the top of my head whether the books ever featured a mad scientist with a death ray. But I stand by my point.)

On the distinction between F and SF, I adopt the "what I point to when I say" definition, and what I point to is partially influenced by what the story asserts about its background, and by props, and by what kind of words appear in the handwavy bits, and otherwise by personal whim. I think Star Wars and Pern are SF, and the Dying Earth books are fantasy, and even though I'm clearly and obviously right, it does not trouble me that other people have different pointing behavior.