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Revision as of 22:16, 14 November 2001 by 200.191.188.xxx (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Science fiction fandom is a collective term for both the community of
science fiction fans and their activities. Some of them published their own science fiction fanzines.
Many professional science fiction authors started their interest in science fiction as fans.
Fandom includes sub-sets of fans that are principally interested in a single writer or genre: so, for example, one could talk of 'Star Trek fandom' as an entity. (So much so, that they are better known as "Trekkers" (or "Trekkies") by the rest of fandom).
Fandom is responsible for a number of inventions, notably filk.
Notable figures in the history of fandom include:
External resources:
- THEN: A History of UK Fandom 1930-80 by Rob Hansen