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				Science fiction fans are like the bacteria in your stomach: most of the time, they help to keep you healthy. But when the pH balance goes wrong, and the bacteria start running the show, they can make you sick. We've expressed our view that <em>Star Trek</em> <a href="http://io9.com/338961/six-reasons-why-star-trek-should-stay-dead">deserves euthanasia</a> partly because it inevitably caters too much to its obsessive fanbase. Here's a list of examples of too-powerful fans hastening the death of a franchise.				<a href="http://io9.com/357369/how-to-tell-when-the-fans-are-killing-science-fiction" title="Click here to read more about How To Tell When The Fans Are Killing Science Fiction">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:00:17 PST]]></pubDate>
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