fannish

[Dennis K. Lien]

At 11:34 PM 6/21/99 -0500, Dan Goodman wrote:
>>Date:    Mon, 21 Jun 1999 22:36:30 -0500
>>From:    Mike Salovesh <t20mxs1 at CORN.CSO.NIU.EDU>
>>Subject: Re: fannish
>>
>>Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM wrote:
>>>
>>> Barry is investigating the dialect known as fannish or fanspeak.
Concerning
>>> "stf", on which he quotes as follows ---
<snip>

Dan--Origin of science fiction, science-fiction, scientifiction, sf, stf,
etc. all detailed in Sam Moskowitz's essay "How Science Fiction Got Its
Name," most easily findable in Moskowitz book EXPLORERS OF THE INFINITE
(Cleveland: World Publishing, 1963), though SaM first published it as
an article in MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION in the 1950s.

Forward as you wish as usual...

Denny Lien /  U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien at tc.umn.edu