sf
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science fiction.
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sinking fund.
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We ran an “Ode on the Death of Philip K. Dick,” by sf great Thomas M. Disch.
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022
Modern sf usually traces its origins to 1926, when Hugo Gernsback founded “Amazing Stories.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2022
This paranoia-rich subgenre runs throughout sf, from Jack Finney’s body snatchers to Robert Heinlein’s puppet masters to half the work of Philip K. Dick.
From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2019
Campbell largely formulated the Three Laws of Robotics, which energize many of Asimov’s early stories, and even helped fashion what became the Foundation Trilogy, long judged the best sf series of all time.
From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2018
The unusual combination ff, i.e. sf, in manuscript would be so like the frequent one ft, i.e. st, that the change from Isfan to Istan would be easy.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
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