In my circle of compadres we had another name for
it--Fireside Science-Fiction.<br><br>For us, this was broad
enough to include practically everything in the genre
(even things that were SF then that wouldn't be now,
such as a balloon journey across Africa) but narrow
enough to exclude westerns, WWI movies,
etc.<br><br>Fireside Science-Fiction works for me because its a nice
oxymoron: the term "Science Fiction" usually conjures up a
sort of cold, logical futurism (Star Trek, etc.) and
so adding the word "fireside" to it gets the idea
across in a fun, paradoxical way.<br><br>We even made a
short video documentary on the subject for a local film
festival a few years back. I played the host (I've sent a
couple of photos along) and we used it to introduce
movies like "The Time Machine," "20,000 Leagues Under
the Sea," and "Flight of the Lost Balloon." Lots of
fun.<br><br>Anyhow, I'm not suggesting a name change for our club or
anything...just throwing in a couple cents worth of input as we
try to mutually work out the parameters of our
enthusiasm!<br><br>Rule Britannia!<br>RB