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    Re: Tractor beam? —Jason Maxwell
   (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Tractor beam? —Dave Schuler
     (...) If you think *that's* a futile argument, you should have stopped by OT.DEBATE a week or two ago! Dave! (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Tractor beam? —Jason Maxwell
     (...) I was, I just know better than to stick my neck into religious debates! 8-) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Tractor beam? —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) 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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