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Re: Tractor beam?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 29 Dec 2000 04:13:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jason Maxwell writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > 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.
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> So it's just a snob thing. 8-)
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> BTW, I haven't been to a SF con, but I have been to a few Trek cons, and I
> do call them LEGO.
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 dose of media [hey, gotta have those movie and video rooms running
all night] and gaming).
Frank
(who attended his first SF con in over 10 years this fall)
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| (...) 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. (...) 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, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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