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Hilarious Joke · 28th July 2009, 07:49 AM

That does look good...

BUT FANTASY'S STILL BETTER!

thepaladin · 29th August 2009, 12:34 AM

Been gone a while...sorry I missed out on the "voting"....but I'm a fantasy geek also.

Hilarious Joke · 31st August 2009, 11:56 PM

And why wouldn't you be!

Teresa Edgerton · 1st September 2009, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hilarious Joke

And why wouldn't you be!

I'm sure someone is going to come along and answer that.

Naturally, it won't be me.

Hilarious Joke · 1st September 2009, 01:04 AM

I fear the same Teresa - although, note that I didn't use a question mark but an exclamation mark, surely implying that my 'question' was rhetorical, that is unanswerable.

Stay back, sci-fi fans!

AE35Unit · 1st September 2009, 01:16 AM

Well thats ok,I'm a SF geek. Note SF,NOT sci-fi
See,geek!

Teresa Edgerton · 1st September 2009, 01:22 AM

I say SF instead of sci-fi (a term that still makes me shudder), but I prefer to think of myself as a purist, not a geek.

Fortunately, Fantasy has so far managed not to pick up such a loathsome abbreviation yet.

I suppose with its ever-growing popularity it will, though.

Hilarious Joke · 1st September 2009, 01:23 AM

I still think we can convert you Larry...

AE35Unit · 1st September 2009, 01:24 AM

Fantasy = Fansy = Fancy

Hilarious Joke · 1st September 2009, 01:28 AM

Didn't the great Heinlein himself coin the phrase 'sci-fi'?

Teresa Edgerton · 1st September 2009, 01:37 AM

Nope, that was Forrest J Ackerman who invented the term. He was an avid reader of SF and a prominent fan, but the term never caught on with other fans, and for years was used dismissively by other people who wanted to sound like they knew what they were talking about.

Even though younger fans use it in quite a different sense now, it still rankles with most old-timers, savoring of a certain youthful disrespect for the traditions of the genre.

Hilarious Joke · 1st September 2009, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Forrest J. Ackerman is generally credited with coining the term sci-fi in 1954. Jeff Prucher submitted a cite from a 1949 letter printed in Robert Heinleins' "Grumbles from the Grave", a collection of letters, but this was subsequently shown to be an editorial mistranscription; the original is clearly sci-fic...

I stand corrected.

thepaladin · 2nd September 2009, 08:44 PM

I will in the future attempt to eschew the use of the aforementioned abbreviation for the use of SF. I usually just don't think about it. I do grind my teeth at NBCs new SYFY for the SYFY Channel.

As for Fantasy you're probably right. I date back to when finding fantasy in the stacks was the problem, now it's finding good fantasy.

28th July 2009, 07:49 AM	#436 (permalink)
Hilarious Joke Fool Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia, New South Wales Posts: 1,988	Re: Science Fiction v Fantasy: Race to 100 That does look good... BUT FANTASY'S STILL BETTER!

29th August 2009, 12:34 AM	#437 (permalink)
thepaladin Holy Knight Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 527	Re: Science Fiction v Fantasy: Race to 100 Been gone a while...sorry I missed out on the "voting"....but I'm a fantasy geek also.

31st August 2009, 11:56 PM	#438 (permalink)
Hilarious Joke Fool Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia, New South Wales Posts: 1,988	Re: Science Fiction v Fantasy: Race to 100 And why wouldn't you be!

1st September 2009, 01:04 AM	#440 (permalink)
Hilarious Joke Fool Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia, New South Wales Posts: 1,988	Re: Science Fiction v Fantasy: Race to 100 I fear the same Teresa - although, note that I didn't use a question mark but an exclamation mark, surely implying that my 'question' was rhetorical, that is unanswerable. Stay back, sci-fi fans!

1st September 2009, 01:16 AM	#441 (permalink)
AE35Unit ]==[]===© • Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Darlington Posts: 5,575	Re: Science Fiction v Fantasy: Race to 100 Well thats ok,I'm a SF geek. Note SF,NOT sci-fi See,geek!

1st September 2009, 01:22 AM	#442 (permalink)
Teresa Edgerton Goblin Princess Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: California Posts: 9,971 Blog Entries: 17	Re: Science Fiction v Fantasy: Race to 100 I say SF instead of sci-fi (a term that still makes me shudder), but I prefer to think of myself as a purist, not a geek. Fortunately, Fantasy has so far managed not to pick up such a loathsome abbreviation yet. I suppose with its ever-growing popularity it will, though.

1st September 2009, 01:23 AM	#443 (permalink)
Hilarious Joke Fool Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia, New South Wales Posts: 1,988	Re: Science Fiction v Fantasy: Race to 100 I still think we can convert you Larry...

1st September 2009, 01:24 AM	#444 (permalink)
AE35Unit ]==[]===© • Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Darlington Posts: 5,575	Re: Science Fiction v Fantasy: Race to 100 Fantasy = Fansy = Fancy

1st September 2009, 01:28 AM	#445 (permalink)
Hilarious Joke Fool Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Australia, New South Wales Posts: 1,988	Re: Science Fiction v Fantasy: Race to 100 Didn't the great Heinlein himself coin the phrase 'sci-fi'?

1st September 2009, 01:37 AM	#446 (permalink)
Teresa Edgerton Goblin Princess Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: California Posts: 9,971 Blog Entries: 17	Re: Science Fiction v Fantasy: Race to 100 Nope, that was Forrest J Ackerman who invented the term. He was an avid reader of SF and a prominent fan, but the term never caught on with other fans, and for years was used dismissively by other people who wanted to sound like they knew what they were talking about. Even though younger fans use it in quite a different sense now, it still rankles with most old-timers, savoring of a certain youthful disrespect for the traditions of the genre.

2nd September 2009, 08:44 PM	#448 (permalink)
thepaladin Holy Knight Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 527	Re: Science Fiction v Fantasy: Race to 100 I will in the future attempt to eschew the use of the aforementioned abbreviation for the use of SF. I usually just don't think about it. I do grind my teeth at NBCs new SYFY for the SYFY Channel. As for Fantasy you're probably right. I date back to when finding fantasy in the stacks was the problem, now it's finding good fantasy.

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