From: julie@pascal.org   
      
   On Sunday, April 20, 2014 5:23:38 PM UTC-6, The Starmaker wrote:   
   > Lynn McGuire wrote:   
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   > > On 4/20/2014 12:04 PM, The Starmaker wrote:   
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   > > >> oops, wrong newsgroup   
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   > > > I'm not sure, is this all science fiction groups? I'm a liitle not   
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   > > > sure what ...sf means.   
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   > > Speculative Fiction.   
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   > which one?   
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   > Speculative Fiction is better than Science Fiction, ...is that correct?   
      
   LOL.   
      
   Okay then...    
      
   Without knowing the least possible thing about it, I *suspect* that when the   
   newsgroup was created that "sf" meant "science fiction".  The alternative term   
   of "speculative fiction" is an aftermarket upgrade in order to ensure that   
   other types of genre    
   fiction that are usually grouped with science fiction, such as fantasy or   
   horror (or urban fantasy or magical realism or paranormal or...) were not   
   excluded.   
      
   Speculative fiction is not *better* than science fiction, it's merely   
   *broader* than science fiction.   
      
   I will say that I've never heard anyone, ever, say-out the whole thing as   
   "rec.arts.speculative-fiction.composition".  It's not impossible that the   
   original charter was "spec-fic" but it's unlikely.   
      
   Now someone can explain that I'm full of it.   
      
   What did *you* think the newsgroup was, Starmaker?   
      
   -Julie   
      
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