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From: rupp@cod.NOSC.MIL (William L. Rupp)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: The bright side of the USA-USSR arms race (SPOILER)
Message-ID: <931@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 24 Dec 87 15:50:14 GMT
References: <8712171347.AA04834@bu-cs.bu.edu> <1987Dec23.162159.16826@sq.uucp>
Reply-To: rupp@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (William L. Rupp)
Organization: Computer Sciences Corp., San Diego
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In article <1987Dec23.162159.16826@sq.uucp> msb@sq.UUCP (Mark Brader) writes:
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   >>By the way, most sf fans consider the form "sci-fi" a pejorative.
   >>(I make this remark only for purposes of informing.)
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   >>Mark Brader, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com

Well, that has always been my feeling and understanding, but when I 
pointed this out to a Usenet poster a while back I received a mild
rebuke.  This person had never heard of such a bias (i.e., against the
term "sci-fi"), and thought it was unreasonable of me to raise the
issue.

I wonder if it's a generational thing. I first started reading science
fiction about 1956 or 1957.  "sf" is the term that was used in fandom
and in the magazines.  "Sci-fi" was, and is, used by journalists who,
perhaps, don't know a faster-than-light drive from third gear.  For
that reason I have found the term offensive.  Maybe younger science
fiction fans got their initial exposure to the genre via television,
so their reaction is different.  For me, it's either "science fiction"
or "sf"!!!!!!

Bill
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