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01/02 - National Science Fiction Day [1]
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Date: 2023-01-02
National Science Fiction Day celebrates, what else, Science Fiction, aka SF. It has also been called sci-fi, but many authors seem to object to that. It is also, it seems, hard to define and it is harder yet to establish the first work that could qualify for the name. Wikipedia, which itself seems to veer off into fiction now and then, discusses the subject at some length, and, in passing notes that some consider Lucian's second century CE work A True Story to be the first science fiction novel, and notes that it does possess many themes and tropes characteristic of modern science fiction. The article (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction ) also notes that;
Some scholars assert that science fiction had its beginnings in ancient times, when the line between myth and fact was blurred.
I think that I'll just leave it at that before I go and start offending people, since that was really Zappa's vocation anyway.
It's also National Buffet Day, National Creampuff Day, Swiss Cheese Day, and National Weigh-In Day. What exactly is the point of that last one? Go thou and gorge yourself and then check your weight? Whuffo?
Lastly, it is World Introvert Day. Would all you introverts kindly stand up and tell us all about yourselves. Thanks.
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