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Happy editing! I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 20:43, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

It's still my shibboleth

But I am grimly resigned to seeing even legit fan-run cons use the dreaded "sci-fi" without irony.

It's not just that Forry was being humorous. He was notoriously a man without taste or judgement; there was no piece of crap which he would not welcome, just because it was SF. (Jes, mi konis Forĵakon bone.) --Orange Mike | Talk 13:18, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi, Mike! I don't think he was even being particularly humorous with "sci-fi" – I have read (possibly in something by Isaac Asimov) that he seriously wanted it to be adopted, and was upset that its application was narrowed by other fen to refer to the rubbish. I wonder if he might have taken this personally, given that most of the professional films and other works he was connected to fell into the schlock category. Terry Hunt {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.6.86.81 (talk) 03:51, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

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