linguistics science fiction content length 3073 postings linguistics science fiction past couple months interesting curiously limited comparing two types genres writing going linguistics science fiction days writers sf novelists injecting neat linguistic ideas narratives distinctly group writers linguists read stories fun like point borrowed ideas linguists thats happening days folks seems interesting things going linguistics science fiction blurring genres general phenomena george steiner argued well underway 20 years ago _ babel _ nt take much digging library come examples writers ply frames sf ways deserve read linguists serious samuel r delany novels mentioned list also published two volumes linguistic essays _ jewel hinged jaw notes language science fiction _ 1977 new york dragon press _ starboard wine notes language science fiction _ 1984 new york dragon press richard rorty probably known many linguists interested philosophy language writing linguistic turn field tells science fiction story midtwenty first century expedition antipodea planet natives lack concept mind part argument persons without minds _ philosophy mirror nature _ 1980 suzette haden elgin third writer linguist writes science fiction serious one medium linguistics science fiction network publishes newsletter 10 annual membership fee ozark center language studies p box 1137 huntsville ar 72740 e mail ocls sibylline com sure blurred genre pieces interface science fiction linguistic theory encourage subscribers describe addition usual novels short stories serious stuff read fun paul gracie