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'''Ktf''', an [[initialism]] for “Kill the Fuckers,” refers to a condemnatory style of criticism — usually of [[fanzines]], but sometimes of books — that takes no prisoners. It was particularly prevalent in [[British Fandom|British]] fanzines in the 1980s. | '''Ktf''', an [[initialism]] for “Kill the Fuckers,” refers to a condemnatory style of criticism — usually of [[fanzines]], but sometimes of books — that takes no prisoners. It was particularly prevalent in [[British Fandom|British]] fanzines in the 1980s. | ||
| − | Ktf reviews can be mean-spirited, and have led to more than one victimized [[faned]]’s [[gafiation]]. [[Dave Langford]] {{link | website=http://www.galactic-guide.com/articles/2R38.html | + | Ktf reviews can be mean-spirited, and have led to more than one victimized [[faned]]’s [[gafiation]]. [[Dave Langford]] {{link | website=http://www.galactic-guide.com/articles/2R38.html |text=wrote}}: “It's not a very helpful critical term, having grown over the years into a too-diffuse phrase of condemnation covering a wide range of material from the merely abusive and inept (relatively rare) all the way across to balanced commentary which expresses negative views even in passing.” |
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Revision as of 09:37, 22 May 2022
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Ktf, an initialism for “Kill the Fuckers,” refers to a condemnatory style of criticism — usually of fanzines, but sometimes of books — that takes no prisoners. It was particularly prevalent in British fanzines in the 1980s.
Ktf reviews can be mean-spirited, and have led to more than one victimized faned’s gafiation. Dave Langford wrote: “It's not a very helpful critical term, having grown over the years into a too-diffuse phrase of condemnation covering a wide range of material from the merely abusive and inept (relatively rare) all the way across to balanced commentary which expresses negative views even in passing.”
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