From: goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu   
      
   In article ,   
   J.Pascal  wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   I was around when the rec.arts.sf.* hierarchy was created, and I can   
   assure you that "sf = 'speculative fiction' = 'science fiction +   
   fantasy + other genres'" was a thing discussed at the time.   
      
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