At 14:54 11/21/97 -0800, you wrote:
>> SF is not popular (though it may be culture). Sci-fi might be popular, but
>> SF isn't.
>
>Stupid question time. Heather (or anybody else), would you mind explaining
>the SF/Sci-fi distinction to yes, an academic?
>
>Thanks,
>Honor
>
>
Oh, boy, did you open a can of worms. Briefly, SF is "the good stuff"
from Heinlein to Delany; sci-fi is "The tomato that ate Detroit" and
other oddball but basically science-free attempts at SF. Now let's
see what kind of response THIS definition receives!
Martha Bartter
Truman State University
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