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Edit I don't know why the timestamps are in Russian (the post title was too till I edited), nor why this auto mirror post went up about three hours later'n they usually do. Prolly more attempted hacking at LJ by parties trying to oppress free speech in Russia.

• Чт, 18:11: When I started my webcomic I wrote, "It shouldn't take longer to read the essays than the cartoons." I enjoy DWC but I won't miss it.
• Чт, 21:39: #AKOTAS update: greetings (in color). http://t.co/WXXWWs0C #webcomics #kingarthur
• Чт, 21:47: Bell choir performs in Sunday's services, yay. I have to get there at 07:45, boo.
• Пт, 09:00: Took a day off work! Have a requested guest webcomic to draw. May be recruited to wait for friend's furniture delivery. Must pay rent.
• Пт, 10:30: I'm ensconced at my friend's to wait for the furniture delivery, but they've called her to say the delivery man had to go home to Colorado.
• Пт, 13:02: #scifichat intro: I'm Paul Gadzikowski, writer and cartoonist for ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace.com
• Пт, 13:04: #scifichat People shy away from science fiction because they associate it with (depending on their generation) Godzilla or Star Trek/Wars
• Пт, 13:23: #scifichat True science fiction is still a niche. What's gone mainstream is science fantasy - action/adventure with SF trappings.
• Пт, 13:30: #scifichat True science fiction and what's become mainstream science fantasy are apples and oranges, but audiences may not distinguish.
• Пт, 13:32: #scifichat As a kid I liked del Rey's juveniles and the one about the triceratops egg. But what got me into SF was Star Trek.
• Пт, 13:34: #scifichat Also, Lofting's original Dr Dolittle. That's SF.
• Пт, 13:37: #scifichat Science fantasy is when you know THAT the time machine or starship works, but not WHY.
• Пт, 13:42: #scifichat @AuthorGuy For hard sf the author has worked out the math and then put a layman's description in the text. E.g., Heinlein.
• Пт, 14:05: @ProfessorMorrow Attitude is an issue. In the SF fandom of the 80s I felt distinctly looked down upon for being a "mediafan".
• Пт, 14:07: RT @ProfessorMorrow: Endless debate/argument about what is/isn't "in genre" is the surefire way to chase off young, newly interested, readers. #scifichat
• Пт, 14:12: #scifichat The unfortunate thing about any fandom, SF included, is that some people get into it to be the in crowd and exclude others.
• Пт, 14:18: #scifichat @thirdcontact Perhaps "scifi" has come to mean "any fantastic fiction". Like "fanfiction" has come to mean "any derivative work".
• Пт, 14:22: #scifichat @thirdcontact When fiction derived from science is what I mean, I spell it out, "science fiction", so there can be no confusion.
• Пт, 14:24: Hasn't it? RT @thirdcontact @AKOTAS @ebonstorm otherwise fantasy fiction becomes scifi #scifichat
• Пт, 14:26: #scifichat @thirdcontact I would say Star Wars is "scifi", is "science fantasy", is "space opera", but is not "[hard] science fiction".
• Пт, 14:36: #scifichat @thirdcontact It has spaceships and nonhumans. That's science to the mainstream.
• Пт, 14:37: #scifichat @thirdcontact Nonhumans from other planets, that is.
• Пт, 14:42: #scifichat Perhaps, but the topic on the floor is bringing people in from the mainstream. RT @thirdcontact shame though right