The Sadness of Things

Fantasy is an existing word, but science fiction isn't anything. Just as most people say mystery instead of detective fiction and history instead of narrative of past events, science fiction will always lose the terminology wars to fantasy. Therefore, we should accept science fiction's place as a subsidiary of fantasy and henceforth refer to it as gun fantasy, or guntasy. There's more to the difference between science fiction and fantasy than guns, you say? Not really. When you think about it.

Addendum

Science fiction too. I want to see some D-list actors standing around in ill-fitting uniforms talking about how a new berserker has appeared between on-rails space shooting sequences. I want Ringworld where the tiger guy looks like the Wing Commander III Kilrathi, except much worse.