(urth) Sci-Fi

[Lane Haygood]

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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