Re: First use of "effing" SF idea? (Was RE: VR Science Fiction)

From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sun Sep 08 2002 - 16:27:08 MDT


Brent Allsop wrote:

>What about the notion of "effing"? Has anyone ever used this term in a
>story, or anywhere else for that matter?...Surely I'm not the
>first to use the term "effing" in this way am I?...
>
Eliezer did some riffs about 4 years ago that used the terms
effing the ineffable, but Im not sure it was used the same way.
If I recall, it was in a kind of pumped up version of the extropian
principles, a more in-yer-face, written-by-an-eager-and-fearless
young-person version than our current one, which is likely more
acceptable to a wider audience. spike



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