What is the difference between sci-fi and science fiction?

What is scifi?

scifi is a sub-genera of Science Fiction. It is fantasy disguised as science.

What does SYFY stand for?

If you're refering to the tv channel, it stands for SciFi, or Science Fiction

What is another word to describe a space movie?

SciFi movie or science fiction movie

Is writing that tells about imaginary events that involve science or technology?

Yes, there is writing that tells about imaginary events that involve science or technology; there is a category for such writing, called "science fiction" or "scifi".

What sets Science Fiction apart from other styles of story telling?

Science fiction uses science as a basis -- when you write "SciFi," your scientific facts must be accurate or plausible based on today's scientific knowledge. The only other form of fiction which must have solid facts underneath the story is historical fiction, which must be accurate for a certain time period.

Is the 'City of Ember' a science fictional book?

Yes, it counts as science fiction. Set in the future, post-apocalyptic. That's not the definition of scifi - it's hard to have an exact definition - but those elements put it safely within the bounds of it.

What genre is The Highway Man by Alfred Noyes?

The highwayman generally appears in medieval genre fiction, fantasy or scifi

Does historical fiction count as fiction or non fiction?

Counts as fiction. The fact that it is historical fiction just means that it is set in a time period that existed vs. other forms of fiction such as fantasy or scifi that exist in invented worlds.

Does bell tv carry the syfy channel?

The channel Syfy on Bell can be located on different channels depending on what area of the country you live in. Syfy used to be called the SciFi channel. Many people like the science fiction programs that are broadcast on this channel.

Is Twilight SciFi Help I have this teacher that you know is teaching our class how to do SciFi I absolutely love to read and write only prob. is that i dont have a good grip on S.F. help?

I'm not positive about twilight but i know the Host by stephene Meyer is sciece fiction

Is scifi true?

SciFi stands for science fiction, so by definition, it is fiction rather than fact. A science fiction writer can take a viewer to worlds that don't exist and to times that are far ahead of our own lifetimes. Some of the greatest science fiction writers have said that science fiction must still conform to known science. Isaac Asimov was a prolific writer in the mid 20th century and wrote several famous series of books. The recent film, "I Robot" was based on his book of the same name and relied on the three laws of robotics. Asimov claimed that well written science fiction could not make use of science or technology that conflicts with our knowledge of science today. Conforming to known rules of physics and chemistry means that the work is far more likely to be believable by the reader or viewer. With this in mind, science fiction should have at least some element of truth in it. As a testament to Asimov's adherence to real science in his imaginative works, in the 1950s, he introduced "MultiVac" into his stories. Multivac is a computer system that allowed every home to have a computer terminal linked to a global network driven my multiple data centers. He assumed that Multivac would be able to provide information, computing power and communication in almost limitless ways. At the time he wrote of Multivac, electronic computers were huge behemoths with no communication facilities and the convenient computer screen and keyboard were nothing more than a dream for engineers of the time. 50 years in and the Internet could almost have been created from his Multivac specification. So, his dream of computing was science fiction when he wrote it but has turned into science fact within half a century.

What type of books are there?

Well, there are many types of books, but the two big ones are: Non fiction and fiction. Non fiction is a true story. Fiction is something that never happened. Than you can branch of of those. Non fiction can lead to Biogrophies and SciFi. Biogrophies are stories about peoples lives. Sci fi Is science. Than off of fiction there is Fairy tales and Realistic fiction. Fairy tails are things that probably wont ever happen and realistic fiction is things that could happen, but didn't. There are also many many more!