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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht
The point of my joke was that the academics were arguing the genre became legitimate coincided with the time that they started reading it, whether the genre is/was always "legitimate" is irrelevant. The same joke may very well apply to Gardner Dozois setting the date of the first eReaders to coinciding with the arrival of his eReader. I think there are plenty of ebook naysayers who have been announcing the arrival of the ebook market shortly after they've broken down and purchased one.
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True.
But academics of the past are always worthy of an additional barb whenever the subject comes up, since they were so self righteous.
Or I am getting old and crotchety.
Or both .