Origin of the Term "Sci-Fi"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Ben Ostrowsky wrote:

> The SF-in-OED project appears to have a 1949 citation.
> http://www.jessesword.com/SF/sf_crit.shtml says "Jeff Prucher submitted a
> cite from a 1949 letter printed in Robert Heinlein's 'Grumbles from the
> Grave'. "

Thanks for pointing this out.  I am familiar with the SF-in-OED web site
and am surprised that I didn't notice this before.  Maybe this is the
letter referred to by Ackerman.

Fred Shapiro


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