Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 07:31:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Drew Bittner <drewbitt at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Blish... Re: Enterprise - the end is nigh!
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

That's entirely possible. If we think of fandom as a
subset of readership (or viewership), how many readers
would we think are also fans?

--- Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
>

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