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Prestidigitator John πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @tomscud.bsky.social

If only Damon Knight were still alive to point at things

aug 31, 2025, 1:52 pm β€’ 0 0

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James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social

Knight said we, not I. The context seems to have been: "That the term 'science fiction' is a misnomer, that trying to get two enthusiasts to agree on a definition of it leads only to bloody knuckles; that better labels have been devised (con't)

aug 31, 2025, 2:04 pm β€’ 3 0 β€’ view
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James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.social

(Heinlein's suggestion, 'speculative fiction', is the best, I think), but that we're stuck with this one; and that it will do us no particular harm if we remember that, like 'The Saturday Evening Post', it means what we point to when we say it."

aug 31, 2025, 2:05 pm β€’ 8 0 β€’ view