I'm rather confused as to why my most recent question is being voted to be closed. Even some of the answers are saying it will be closed.
But why?
Do questions HAVE to be about specific sci-fi/fantasy works? I read the FAQ's and I don't think my question fits into the "What questions should not be asked?" section.
Earlier in the beta, we found that questions about subgenres of SF were invariably of two kinds:
When we tried to come up with criteria for acceptable questions, one of our most agreed-against topic was questions about genre classification. Writers Stack Exchange came to the same conclusion.
The answer to your original question (“can a work be both science fiction and fantasy?”) is yes, there are works that at least some people would classify in both (there are even works that the author deliberately made borderline). (Speculative fiction is a highly prolific genre, the answer to “is there a work that has characteristic X” is always yes.) The answer to your revised question is purely a matter of terminology; whether someone chooses to give a meaning to the term “Scifi-Fantasy” or not does not make for an interesting discussion, therefore asking about the term's applicability is a subjective and argumentative question (of little interest to boot).
Questions about the various genres are on topic provided that they aren't asking for lists, recommendations, identification of a work's genre, or aren't general reference questions.
Always consider how interesting a question is and how common answers will be when asking.
I'm sitting back and letting the community decide if your question is too general reference or not. But considering there is a sub genre called "Sci-Fantasy" in common use, I'd suspect your question will be closed eventually.
