> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Marvin Long, Jr. > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 4:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Top 10 SF Characters > > On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > > Well Star Wars is hardly SF... > > > > No, Star Wars is definitely SF. It's just terribly bad SF on certain > > levels. Under what genre would you classify Star Wars if not under SF? > > Some would make the puritanical distinction between SF (realistic physical > universe with only one or two futurish changes, examined in a > sophisticated manner, while the hero fondles green alien hoochie-mamas) > and Sci Fi (spaceships fly around the galaxy and blow shit up while the > hero fondles green alien hoochie-mamas).
So would the former category eliminate FTL? What about humanoid-type aliens? Arguments abound on the net that neither seem particularly realistic or likely. I guess our hero couldn't be fondling wild alien hoochie mamas if humanoid-type aliens aren't present.... :) Such a scheme will shunt most sf into a sci-fi category. Certainly the only fiction book Dr. Brin ever wrote that could fit would be 'Earth'. > In such a scheme, it makes sense > to say that Star Wars is Sci Fi but not SF despite its appallingly low > incidence of green alien hoochie-mamas. > > Was the poll for "SF" heros or "Sci Fi" heros? >From The Fool's original post: "SFX magazine has published a list of the top 10 science-fiction characters of all time, as determined by a poll of readers." So, SF. Which means none of those voted in qualify. Guess they used my original unnerstandin' of the term. :) > Marvin Long > GCU Hooch Hooch Baby What every young nerd dreams about: Green Alien Hoochie Mamas :) LOL! Jon "Elf women just the right height to keep my ears warm. Go me!" From: The Very Secret Diary of Gimli, Son of Gloin _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
