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There's not really any difference.

Nah, even if the fantasy elements were stripped from it, it would be shit as historical fiction.

The best fiction defies such classifications.

You realize that a ton of ancient mythology is actually just veiled political commentary, right?

>Dragons are actual science
>In an alternate timeline reptiles evolved from hexapedal ancestors like the pterosaurs of our world they evolved wings
>dragons

All sci fi eventually becomes fantasy
some fantasy becomes science fiction

mixes are always a massive fuckup.

Sci-fi. In general, it's able to have whatever the hell the author wants and let him get creative, or to explore a speculative setting whether it be scientifically hard (Rendezvous with Rama) or soft (Asimov's Robot stories). Fantasy is too concerned with past symbols and re-hashed stories to do the same.

Aw yiss, the Dreamland cycle. It's a shame Lovecraft is known more for his Mythos writing than this stuff.

Explain how the above is "concerned with past symbols and rehashed stories".

I'm not picky. In fact, I'm a fan of kitchen sinks, myself.