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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> 
> Bill Steele wrote in 5 newsgroups in rec.*, sci.*, and alt.*:
> 
> > On 11/10/16 2:02 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> >> "Based on speculative-fiction..." ? Is that a new word
> >> "speculative-fiction"??
> >
> > It's been around a while. Science fiction is a subset, abut scoence that
> > doesn't (yet) exist. Speculative takes in other kinds of"What if?" What
> > if aliens landed? What if the Nazis won WWII? What of society decided
> > everyone has to get married by age 30 or else? What if we had a woman
> > president?
> 
> Correct.
> 
> > Mostly it's because cheap space opera has made "science fiction" less
> > respectable.
> 
> Incorrect.
> 
> However, sci.physics (where I read this) is about *physics*.  Please stop
> crossposting without Followup-To, and please do not crosspost from alt.ALL
> to the Big 8.
> 
> F'up2 rec.arts.sf.written
> 
> --
> PointedEars


What if the aliens have pointed ears???? Shoot them!