Stein or Pike?

[captain_slinky]

I have a theory that pretty much all the females I know that are between 25 and 40 years old (not the Dudes though, for some reason) can be divided in to two categories: Those who loved R.L. Stein, and those who loved Christopher Pike. Seriously.

All the "Geek Girls" I know within that age bracket, those who I like to think of as the "First Wave Geek Girls" (the ones who ushered in the current age of Geek Girl acceptance and domination), got their start with those late-80's/early-90's horror novels in one way or another.

The followers of R.L. Stein tend to be the collectors, the completionists and the data-gatherering nit-pickers. Which episode of Next Gen did Data's cat, "Spot" first appear in? They know, and probably have it on their phone.

The followers of Christopher Pike are the ones more likely to get *in to* the things they geek out over. Cosplay, crafting, fan fic... they know that Data had a cat and can probably recite the poem that he wrote about his cat.

Am I right?

Comments

[whiskeyjack.livejournal.com]

I'm older than your first wave. I never read horror at all, but I recognized RL Stein as an author and Christopher Pike as the former Captain of the Enterprise and I was baffled as to why he would have a real fan following.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

You're old enough to be a Pioneer Geek Girl - the young women who jumped head-first in to what was largely considered to be a "Boys Club" of fandom.because screw societal conformity, this stuff is AWESOME! Unlike the Modern Geek Girl who finds herself having to PROVE that she's a geek to paranoid males who are weary of being tricked, Pioneer Geek Girls and First Wave Geek Girls were most often welcomed in to the Geek Community with open arms as potential superior breeding stock :)

[whiskeyjack.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read this. :)