(urth) Sci-Fi

[Ryan Dunn]

SF

Science Fiction
Speculative Fiction
Science Fantasy
San Francisco

...ryan

On Dec 15, 2010, at 6:33 PM, Ryan Dunn <ryan at liftingfaces.com> wrote:

> Scifi works as a film genre, but SF is more PC as Science Fantasy falls under the umbrella.
> 
> Or do I have it all bass ackwards?
> 
> ...ryan
> 
> On Dec 15, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Matthew Weber <palaeologos at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> It's more how nobody who actually lives in San Francisco calls it "Frisco".
>> 
>> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Son of Witz <Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Why is Sci-Fi offensive?
>> Is this like, If you were Straight-Edge playing in a Melvins or Black Sabbath cover band and you insisted that your genre be referred to as "Doom-Metal" rather than "Stoner-Rock"?
>> 
>> On Dec 15, 2010, at 1:50 PM, "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > Also, please refrain (note that I am asking politely) from using the term "sci-fi." Some find it very offensive
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>> The seaman's story is of tempest, the plowman's of his team of bulls; the soldier tells his wounds, the shepherd his tale of sheep.
>>     Sextus Propertius (54 B.C.-A.D. 2), Elegies, II, i, 43
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