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Re: Tractor beam?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 28 Dec 2000 17:59:30 GMT
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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?
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. As for using SF vs. scifi, it's simple. It's an insider vs. outsider thing, if you call it scifi, you're (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) To answer your question, I want to go with E.E. "Doc" Smith and the Lensman series but I might be wrong. The concept of a force beam that can push or pull things, no matter how named, considerably predates Star Trek. BTW: It's SF or Science (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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