From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Blish... Re: Enterprise - the end is nigh!
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:42:04 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

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From: "Drew Bittner" <drewbitt at yahoo.com>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 12:51 PM
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Blish... Re: Enterprise - the end is nigh!

> Good points, Mike. Differently social might be a more
> apt phrase.
> And SF might make real inroads toward understanding
> among non-fans through public outreach like charity
> work. It'd certainly give people an opportunity to
> move beyond preconceptions.

I think you're seriously confusing "SF" and "fandom."   How fandom is
perceived is entirely separate from how SF is perceived, especially
unasmuch as SF (or "Sci-Fi") is now a part of the general pop culture.

--Ted White