Subj : Re: Vote for Star Trek To : alt.startrek,alt.tv.star-trek.tos From : Steven L. Date : Fri Sep 23 2005 14:34:11 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos George Peatty wrote: > On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:44:08 GMT, "Steven L." > wrote: > > >>But Star Trek is the *only* sci-fi show on my list of Top 10 shows of >>all time. The other shows on my list are from other genres. > > > It wasn't always sci-fi, but Twilight Zone belongs on that list, and I'd put > it ahead of Trek. Twilight Zone is on my list, but as you say it's not really a sci-fi show. On the newsgroup alt.tv.lost, we've had a discussion about what genre to call shows like TZ, Twin Peaks and Lost, which aren't quite sci-fi but aren't quite fantasy either. Someone suggested they are "magical realism," a term which has till now largely been applied to a genre of written literature: http://tinyurl.com/atrz2 -- Steven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. .