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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