"Sci-Fi?"
"Sci-Fi?"
"Sci-Fi?"
When I read Asimov, Heinlein, Pournelle, Ellison, Farmer and others at my mother's knee, I was taught to NEVER say "sci-fi." It is "Science Fiction" thankyouverymuch!
You invite the wrath of Campbell! Look and be terrified (no wait, that is Lovecraft)
;)
PS: I spelled Pournelle's name from memory! No one was more surprised than me I got it right!
Have you read “Macroscope” by Piers Anthony?
Campbell?