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	Science fiction fandom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is the community of people actively interested in science fiction and fantasy literature, and in contact with one another based upon that interest.
		Science Fiction Societies were launched as chapters of the Science Fiction League and when it faded into history, several of the original League chapters remained viable and were subsequently incorporated as independent organizations.
		Participation in science fiction fandom often overlaps with other similar interests, such as fantasy role-playing games, comic books and anime, and in the broadest sense fans of these activities are felt to be part of the greater community of SF fandom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Science_fiction_fandom (1139 words)

	Science fiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Science fiction is a form of fiction which deals principally with the impact of imagined science and/or technology upon society or individuals.
		Soft science fiction is the subgenre where plots and themes tend to focus on philosophy, psychology, politics and sociology while de-emphasizing the details of technological hardware and physical laws.
		The European brand of science fiction proper began, however, toward the end of the 19th century with the scientific romances of Jules Verne, whose science was rather on the level of invention, as well as the science-oriented novels of social criticism by H.G. Wells.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/s/sc/science_fiction_1.html (1887 words)

	Science Fiction
		Science fiction, sometimes referred to with the broader term of speculative fiction, finds its roots in the mists of antiquity, claiming the Epic of Gilgamesh, the rapture of Elijah, and Greek and Egyptian mythology as its predecessors.
		His work illustrates that science fiction arises when the rate of technological progress accelerates to the degree that consciousness of the changes within one's lifetime develops, and flourishes only when industrialisation brings the knowledge that the future will not be like the present to the common awareness.
		Science fiction authors have the ideas available to all fiction writers at their disposal, as well as the scientific, futuristic, and alternative possibilities, limited only by their imaginations.
	www.sccs.swarthmore.edu /users/06/powen/populaer/ScienceFiction.htm (4752 words)

	Science fiction convention - WikiGadugi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Science fiction conventions are gatherings of the community of fans (called science fiction fandom) of various forms of speculative fiction including science fiction and fantasy.
		People in attendance at a science fiction convention are traditionally known as members of the convention; invited celebrities including authors are commonly known as guests of the convention, though many professionals including authors will simply attend as members.
		Fantasy is usually considered alongside science fiction at conventions (the terms were used interchangeably for most of the period from 1926-1966).
	en.wikigadugi.org /index.php?title=Science_fiction_convention&printable=yes (1196 words)

	Is There Anything Unique About Fandom
		Science fiction fandom likes to think of itself as being unique and in some manner different from the mundane mainstream of contemporary culture.
		Science fiction fandom views itself as being superior not to competitors, such as comic book fandom or Star Trek fandom (in fact, these competitors tend to be viewed as potential allies and/or poor delluded souls who are on the right path but have yet to see the light), but to everybody else.
		Now there is a subgroup within fandom, the fans of "hard science" science fiction who do display a high degree of literacy in regards to the physical sciences.
	members.tripod.com /swill_2001/unique.html (1304 words)

	NCF GUIDE: sf FANDOM
		Fandom in those days was an intimate affair, where everyone knew (or knew of) everyone else, and the distinction between fan and professional writer was often blurred.
		Fandom's traditions were recorded and handed down through fanzines, and even club fans were literate and active in fanzine circles.
		Fiction fanzines had almost completely died out by the 1970s, for example, but the infusion of media fans breathed new life into them as the demand for, say, Star Trek fiction (etc.) exceeded the professional output.
	www.uleth.ca /edu/runte/ncfguide/fandom.htm (4039 words)

	SCIENCE FICTION FANDOM
		Most have gone onto attend their first science fiction conventions, and have found the experience to be scary and intimating, fun and exciting, and all of the other full-range of emotions in between.
		In SF Fandom, new writers only have one chance to make an impression on those who will be purchasing their stories and books, buying them drinks in the bar, inviting them as guests to cons, and nominating them for HUGO awards.
		Science fiction conventions, or cons (fannish term for convention), are held all around the country (and the world), and are generally organized and run by fans or fan groups from the local area.
	www.towson.edu /~flynn/survive.htm (1575 words)

	Science Fiction Fandom
		The Shadow Wars is fiction for a sufficiently broad and tolerant definition of fiction.
		The Cold Equations is often cited as an outstanding example of Science Fiction as the literature of idea.
		The Death of Science Fiction is a long winded argument that SF will be a forgotten genre in another hundred years.
	home.tiac.net /~cri/fandom.html (2161 words)

	rec.arts.sf.fandom FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Basically, science fiction fandom is a loose community of people, many of whom live a long way from each other.
		A science fiction convention is a gathering of the tribe, or some part of the tribe, or just some folks who want to hang out for the weekend.
		She claims it is "quantum fiction" rather than science fiction, so I suppose we could argue that it's off-topic, except that isn't the point.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/sf/fandom-faq (4061 words)

	SF Fandom Citations for OED
		fiction, usually fantasy or science fiction, written by a fan rather than a professional author, esp. that based on already-existing characters from a television series, book, film, etc.; (also) a piece of such writing
		among science fiction and fantasy fans: a type of popular music, commonly performed at fan conventions, characterized by the use of familiar or traditional songs whose lyrics have been rewritten or parodied (usually on themes drawn from science fiction or
		among science fiction and fantasy fans: the writing or performing of filk songs.
	www.jessesword.com /sf/list/?subject=sf_fandom (485 words)

	Science Fiction Fandom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Science Fiction Fandom WebRing is intended to provide a gathering place for the Homepages of the many Science Fiction Fan Clubs, Associations, Groups, and Societies that exist in the world today.
		Science Fiction, Fantasy, Admiral Lunar Darkmoon and her team must fight back a genocidal alien race before they succeed in their conquest.
		BSFS is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, charitable, literary and educational organization, dedicated to the promotion of, and an appreciation for, science fiction in all of its many forms.
	g.webring.com /hub?ring=sffandom (1635 words)

	Trufen.net \| On Topic: What is sf fandom? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		From its inception, science fiction literature (and film), along with satellite forms such as "heroic fantasy," provoked a broad cultural and "multi-disciplinary" response from readers and viewers.
		Then too, it was not science fiction per se or having a magazine devoted exclusively to that form of speculative literature, but the fact that the magazine accommodated its fans by printing their letters with complete addresses that really got things going.
		And while fanzine fandom may remain an independent township surrounded by the larger city, in which most of the residents either know or know of each other, it does get some of its municipal services from the city, and so cedes some of its powers to the city.
	trufen.net /fandom/04/11/22/146202.shtml (6047 words)

	My Thirty-Year Journey in Science Fiction Fandom
		I have been involved in Science Fiction fandom as a writer, a costumer, a dealer, a convention organizer, a fanzine editor, and a fan for a large portion of my life.
		Through fandom, I’ve experienced some of the greatest high points of my life; in fact, some of the highest points have been the notifications I received the last three years stating that I was nominated for a Hugo Award (in 2002, 2003, and 2004).
		I was born in 1954, and discovered science fiction at a young age.
	www.towson.edu /~flynn/journey.htm (6185 words)

	Science Fiction and Fandom, Linda Blanchard's Intro and Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Who's Who In Fandom list of active fans of science fiction, with data on how and when they have participated.
		These folks are members of a sort of "old-fashioned" variety of fandom, known as fanzine fandom, in which the members participate by reading, writing or drawing for, commenting on or publishing little magazines called fanzines.
		Once upon a time fanzines dealt with science fiction (this variety is now known as a "sercon" -- short for "serious constructive" fanzine) but nowadays trufannish fanzines deal more with fandom and the every-day lives of fans with some emphasis on a science ficitonal slant.
	www.nowheat.com /grfx/sff (725 words)

	Fanzines - Science Fiction fanzines have been around for quite a while.
		Never commercial enterprises, most science fiction fan magazines were (and many still are) available for "the usual," meaning that a sample issue will be mailed on request; to receive further issues, a reader sends a "letter of comment" (LoC) about the fanzine to the editor.
		For several decades, science fiction fans have formed amateur press associations (APAs)—the members contribute to a collective assemblage or bundle called an apazine which contains contributions from all of them.
		Horvat in the first place was to try and broker some sort of deal to contribute the collection (or purchase it) for the MIT Science Fiction Society, of which I'm a lifetime member.
	www.sciencefictionbuzz.com /fanzines.html (414 words)

	Science fiction fandom
		Fandom encompasses subsets of fans that are principally interested in a single writer or genre, such as Tolkien fandom and Star Trek fandom (whose more active members are better known as "Trekkers" or "Trekkies" by the rest of fandom).
		There is a theory held by some mental health professionals who deal with Asperger syndrome, including leading expert Dr. Tony Attwood, that many fans' personalities match diagnostic criteria for Asperger's, and by extension, many fans have that syndrome.
		Two other acronyms used to describe the community are FIAWOL (Fandom Is A Way Of Life) and its opposite FIJAGH (Fandom Is Just A Goddamned Hobby).
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Science_fiction_fandom.php (982 words)

	First Fandom - the dinosaurs of science fiction fandom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Founded during Midwestcon on Easter weekend of 1959 to organize the science fiction fans of the golden era and bring back fans who had dropped out of fandom, First Fandom was originally limited to fans active prior to 1938.
		A dinosaur is one who was active in science fiction or fannish activities on or before the First World Science Fiction Convention held over the July 4, 1939, weekend in New York City.
		Anyone who has engaged in correspondence, collecting, conventions, fanzine publishing or reading, writing or participated in a science fiction club for at least 30 years may be eligible for Associate Membership.
	www.firstfandom.org (209 words)

	NCF GUIDE TO: Canadian Science Fiction
		This was the first anthology of Canadian science fiction, and included excerpts from 4 novels, 17 short stories, 27 poems by 13 poets, 2 critical essays, 1 "prophetic" essay, 1 film script, and a brief annotated bibliography.
		The first may be something of a self-fulfilling prophecy in that practically anyone writing about the North Pole was considered by Colombo to be writing "Canadian" science fiction, but the other three are certainly characteristically Canadian.
		The Aurora Awards (originally the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Achievement Awards, nicknamed the Caspers), founded in 1979, are also an important indicator of the Canadian sf boom.
	www.uleth.ca /edu/runte/ncfguide/cansf.htm (1427 words)

	Alt.fans - comparison of the Internet with science fiction fandom Reason - Find Articles
		Though today the term means any gathering of enthusiasts, fandom evolved in the science fiction community.
		Fans could be utterly different in their fanzine persona, which may be why both fandom and the Net were invented by individualistic Americans.
		As fandom grew more variegated, genzines reflected a broadening of interests, carrying personal columns of humor and reflection, science articles, amateur fiction, stylish gossip, and inevitably, thoughtful pieces on the future of fandom.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1568/is_n8_v27/ai_17779899 (856 words)

	Science Fiction
		The Science Fantasy Publishers by Jack Chalker and Mark Owings is a gigantic history and bibliography of small press SF and fantasy publishing from 1923 to the present.
		Not science fiction but with enough exotic elements to fit here better than anywhere else is Clyde B. Clason's 1930's locked room mystery The Man from Tibet.
		Christian Fandom is a nondenominational, though mostly Protestant, group devoted to fellowship among Christian fans and the exploration of the religious elements of science fiction.
	members.tripod.com /stromata/id20.htm (2833 words)

	The Science Fiction Fandom WebRing Information Page
		The Science Fiction Fandom WebRing is sponsored by The Florida Association for Nucleation And Conventions (FANAC), Inc., and is intended to provide a gathering place for the Homepages of the many Science Fiction Fan Clubs, Associations, Groups, and Societies that exist in the world today.
		Any organization of fans that is primarily interested in Science Fiction in general, or Science Fiction and Fantasy in general, is welcome on this WebRing.
		Fan groups or web pages that are focused on a single facet of Science Fiction or Fantasy, for example a particular TV series, a specific technique such as Anime, or an individual author or artist, probably belong on one of the other rings that are available for specialized interests.
	fanac.org /sffandom (640 words)

	The Immortal Storm - A History of Science Fiction Fandom - Sam Moskowitz
		The history of organized fandom from 1926 through 1939 is told in a unique book, The Immortal Storm: A History of Science Fiction Fandom, by Sam Moskowitz.
		The critical early cultural split among SF clubgoers was whether any given organization was to be devoted to science education and science hobbies, or to discussion of science fiction itself.
		The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (LASFS), dating from 1934, is the sole survivor of the clubs from this era.
	www.troynovant.com /Franson/Moskowitz/Immortal-Storm.html (666 words)

	Avery Davis & Science Fiction Fandom
		I was the winner of the Georgia Fandom Award presented at DragonCon, June 27, 1997.
		The Hugo, sponsored by the World Science Fiction Society, is also known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award and is among the field's highest prizes.
		The Atlanta Science Fiction Society is a gathering of aficionados of the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres (in all media).
	www.mindspring.com /~avery/ardscifi.html (706 words)

	H-Net Review: Richard Tuerk on Science Fiction Fandom
		It focuses on fans, most of whom read science fiction, collect it, read fanzines, and associate with other fans, and on fandom, which the authors call "a way of life," "a subculture," and "a microcosm." Yet this is not an anthropological study but a series of essays by fans.
		Non-fans think of fandom as a breeding ground for professional writers and critics of science fiction.
		They are instead interested in things like discussing science fiction and the future, collecting science fiction, reading fanzines, and attending conventions.
	www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=26978850671968 (339 words)

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