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Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Enough with the SF/SciFi
Message-ID: <1048@pur-phy.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Oct-83 12:22:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: pur-phy.1048
Posted: Tue Oct 11 12:22:59 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 13-Oct-83 07:12:30 EDT
Organization: Purdue University Physics Dept.
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	I just can't believe the garbage that I am reading over
 this net about whether TRUE science fiction fans should say:
 SF or Sci-Fi.  Just who the hell really cares, and if someone
 does care they shouldn't.
	Ok, so there might have been historical reasons for
 not saying Sci-Fi (as someone has noted it used to be a slur.)
 Let's grow up a bit.  We're almost (are) talking about literary
 prejudice.  If you're in a crowd talking about science fiction
 and some person says that terrible term "Sci-Fi" are you going
 to subconsciously stand away from them?  Single them out?  That's
 what prejudice is all about!
	I'm all for learning about the history of science fiction,
 but let's not get too reminiscent and start living in the past.

			   Dwight Bartholomew
			   ... !pur-ee!physics!dub