sci-fi western and space western

[Paul Frank]

Spaghetti western is, of course, in the OED (earliest citation from
1969). But how about science fiction western of sci-fi western, not to
be confused with space western? Here's a hoot of trailer:

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/409098/Cowboys-Aliens/trailers?ref=movies

On science fiction western, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_Western

On space western, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Western

Science fiction western gets 1,100,000 raw hits.
Space western gets 54,500 raw hits.

Neither of these terms is in any major dictionary (he says, waiting to
be corrected).

Paul

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