05-15-2002, 08:51 AM
There's a difference between being a sci-fi fan and a sci-fi freak.
Fans enjoy the movies, enjoy the shows, enjoy the literature, and may even contemplate the science behind the fiction.
Freaks dress up in costumes, rename themselves in inhuman languages, learn the lexicon of said languages, and otherwise disassociate themselves from any rational thinking persons.
I like good science fiction, like I like some good horror. In no way does that make me anything like Pollyanna's freak friend. I hope...
Fans enjoy the movies, enjoy the shows, enjoy the literature, and may even contemplate the science behind the fiction.
Freaks dress up in costumes, rename themselves in inhuman languages, learn the lexicon of said languages, and otherwise disassociate themselves from any rational thinking persons.
I like good science fiction, like I like some good horror. In no way does that make me anything like Pollyanna's freak friend. I hope...