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SF or fantasy? Why?

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/4542262.html

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The hobbits' bravery and fortitude does not defeat the avatar of evil, it fails at the last minute and is rescued by blind luck/divine grace.

Sorry to be pedantic, but this misconception about Lord of the Rings seems to have been directly responsible for a lot of the most dumbed-down school of pseudomedieval genre fantasy.

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That is a fair point. Mind you, divine grace is also something science fiction isn't all that keen on.

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