Sci-Fi

Ryan Dunn · 16 Dec 2010, 17:53 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: ryan at liftingfaces.com (Ryan Dunn)
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:53:01 -0500
Subject: (urth) Sci-Fi
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I usually go with "Male Romance Novels".

...ryan


On Dec 16, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Lane Haygood wrote:

> Personally, I prefer "words for nerds."
> 
> LH
> 
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Gerry Quinn <gerryq at indigo.ie> wrote:
>> 
>> From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <danldo at gmail.com>
>> 
>>> "Sci-Fi" is the sound of two crickets screwing.
>>> 
>>> More seriously: "Sci-Fi" is a term made up by a publicity hack, in
>>> analogy with the then-popular "Hi-Fi" for "high fidelity" stereo
>>> equipment. It referred, and in many SF fans' minds still refers, to
>>> movies about giant insects devouring Cleveland and suchlike. "Sci-fi"
>>> is, in short, _bad_ science fiction.
>> 
>> Or, more precisely, sciemce fiction as described by those with no idea of
>> what is good or bad science fiction.  I think I would have subscribed to
>> that concept in the past, but I feel that the term 'sci-fi' has lost a good
>> deal of its pejorative force over the past couple of decades.  So while I
>> would use 'SF', 'Sci-Fi' no longer bothers me much.
>> 
>> - Gerry Quinn
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