[woody]

I'm new here and so I don't want to upset anyone unduly.

I've heard some hard-core fans can get very upset by terminology. http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

What do we call our favourite literary genre?
Is it science fiction, s-f, or sci-fi?

Be seeing you.

[Erebus]

Well...personally, I reckon you can call it whatever you like!

But, I have noticed that some people tend to take exception at the term Sci-Fi. I guess it's really just a question of semantics, or personal preference.

Welcome to our forum all the same! http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

[FitzChivalry]

However you want to use it, doesn't matter, people say Sci Fi becasue it's shorter, not because they mean something else.

[Rob B]

SPECULATIVE FICTION or SF which to me encompasses all Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction.

[Shehzad]

SF

Nothing else.

[Steven Savile]

Writers in general find the term Sci-Fi offensive, as it relates to Skiffy, and all refer to themselves as SF writers, Speculative Fiction, as stated above.

[FitzChivalry]

A bunch of politically correct nonsense of course.

[Rocketsheep]

Whoa deja vu. This topic is going in the Science Fiction forum.

Here is the link where the experts nut it out: http://www.sfwa.org/misc/skiffy2.htm