Supertrope of Fantasy Aliens and Wizards from Outer Space. Many such stories strive to keep the fantastic elements understated (often in the form of minimal Special Effects) in the interest of focusing on human drama. Examples could include Paranormal Romance which just happens to involve Applied Phlebotinum, Time Travel or Artificial Intelligence. Science fantasy may also arguably describe character oriented stories where the fantastic elements are very subtle and are common to both science fiction and fantasy. Compare and contrast Fantastic Science, where magic operates by logical rules similar to real-world science, and The Spark of Genius, where powers and abilities that operate like fantasy magic are dressed up in scientific trappings. Compare and contrast Doing In the Wizard and Doing in the Scientist, which retcons a fantasy element to a sci-fi one and vice versa. Contrast How Unscientific!, where the mix of genres seems out of place Magic Versus Science, where both aspects are in a rivalry, and The Magic Versus Technology War, where an in-universe warfare happens between wizards and scientists. Compare Urban Fantasy, Gaslamp Fantasy, Space Opera, Dungeon Punk, and Planetary Romance. Subtrope of Speculative Fiction, under which all Fantasy and Science Fiction falls.
For an explanation of why the genres are so linked, see the analysis page on Speculative Fiction. Science Fantasy lies near the middle of a continuum between Science Fiction and Fantasy, so there will naturally be a wide range of works that lie somewhere between "Fantasy with a dash of Sci Fi" and " Sci Fi with a smidgen of Fantasy". It should be noted that some works may slant towards one or the other, yet still contain elements of both. Sometimes, it may contain so much fantasy and science fiction as to be both Fantasy Kitchen Sink and Sci-Fi Kitchen Sink. In any event, it's bound to include Sufficiently Analyzed Magic, Magitek, Functional Magic, Magic from Technology, Fantasy Aliens, and probably Scientifically Understandable Sorcery. spaceships, aliens, lasers, scientists, robots, and Time Travel). warriors with swords, dragons, wizards, castles, and elves) and a lot of standard Science Fiction tropes (e.g. Expect to see a lot of classic Fantasy tropes (e.g. Science Fantasy works, on the other hand, take traditional Fantasy and Science Fiction tropes and throw them in a blender, purposely creating a setting that has the feel of both. And at the other end of the scale, even High Fantasy works have consistency requirements like Magic A Is Magic A, which can blur the line into Sufficiently Analyzed Magic. Science Fiction and Fantasy stories can be difficult to tell apart under normal circumstances, as all but the very hardest sci-fi introduces some hypothetical technology that one has to take on faith, like FTL Travel or Humanoid Aliens.
Mix these ingredients in your cyber-witch's boiling pot of dark matter, and you've got yourself Science Fantasy. Robots and wizards, spaceships and dragons, lasers and fireballs.
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