> "Sci-fi" is not *neccessarily* a bad term in larger context. The public
> connects with "Sci Fi" as a term moreso that "SF" which I have had to
> explain was not "San Franscisco"( in referring to "SF Con") on more
> occasions than I can count. When you say "Sci-Fi" the average Joe in the
> Streets knows you mean Science Fiction. When you say "SF" people say
> "San Francisco?" That's been my take. Remember it was originally called
> "Scientifiction" which I have a hard time getting my tongue
> around!!!!Usually I take the long road and call it *Science Fiction*. It
> just sounds cooooool.
> Bob Eggleton
Hi, Bob. See you in a couple of weeks at Worldcon.
I was responding to someone who wanted to know what
editor buys "literary sci-fi". I felt, and still
feel, based on my relationships with most of the
editors in the field, that any editor who is looking
for literary science fiction will probably be put
off by the term sci-fi. Doesn't mean they won't buy
it if it's good enough...but why make things harder
for yourself than they have to be?
Mike Resnick
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