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Re: Tractor beam?
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Thu, 28 Dec 2000 20:59:12 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jason Maxwell writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > BTW: It's SF or Science Fiction... scifi is the term used by mundanes. :-)
> > > You're not one of *those*, are you?
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> > OK, I've got to ask, what's the big deal about this? I'm harldy a scifi
> > mundane but I find it easier to refer to Science Fiction as scifi (because
> > it's shorter) than SF (because everyone looks at you and asks what SF
> > means). The whole SF/scifi/fantasy/science fiction debate seems to be a
> > debate for the sake of having something to argue about.
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> What's fantasy got to do with it? Just because bookstores misfile David
> Eddings in the SF section doesn't make fantasy science fiction.
True, at least you picked good fantasy as your example though. I was just
referring to the general public view of SF as scifi/fantasy.
> As for using SF vs. scifi, it's simple. It's an insider vs. outsider thing,
> if you call it scifi, you're not "in", you're a mundane. For instance, ever
> been to a con? It's just like LEGO(tm) vs. Legos... if you call the brick
> Legos, you're not a TruFan.
So it's just a snob thing. 8-)
BTW, I haven't been to a SF con, but I have been to a few Trek cons, and I
do call them LEGO.
> Hoped that cleared it up for you. :-)
Oh yeah, that was real helpful. 8-)
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| (...) The rule I always understood was that a Trek con was a SciFi con and an SF Con was something like Worldcon or Boskone or any of a huge number of cons generally put on by fans and generally concentrating on literary subjects (with a generous (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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