Genesis

I love sf.

I should probably start off by saying that I don't mean San Francisco when I say 'sf.' Sf can mean 'Speculative Fiction,' 'Science Fiction,' 'Speculative Fantasy,' 'Science Fantasy' and so on, and from what I'm told, if you want to talk about any of those with a hard-core fan or scholar of sf, it's safest to just say 'sf' unless you want to draw a line in the sand.

Part of the purpose of this blog is to document my transition from sf student to sf scholar. Some people are wonderfully self-contained and have no need to share their experiences, frustrations and fascinations with an audience. I'm not one of those people. I wish I were, because I'm sitting here quivering with self-consciousness at the reality of what I'm doing by creating a blog that revolves around my experience of sf, terrified of making a public ass of myself. The truth is, though, I do need to share it. Not the 'making an ass of myself' bit, but my love for and fascination with sf. I need a place where I can talk about what I'm reading and watching, where I am forced to refine those thoughts and impressions into coherency, and, hopefully, where I can connect to other people who are fascinated by sf and everything sf has to offer as a genre. I needed that place, and rather than waiting to find it, I made one for myself.

Welcome to my middle ground.