fanac
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English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]fanac (uncountable)
- (dated, fandom slang) The activity of fans, particularly of science fiction.
- 1956 September, Robert Bloch, “Some of Best Fans are Friends”, in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume 11, number 3, page 57:
- This, however, is only part of the story—just as fanzines and fan activity (Fanac) are only a part of the totality which is fandom.
- 1977, Brian Ash, The Visual encyclopedia of science fiction, Harmony Books, page 274:
- It must be emphasised that this was genuinely a 'historical' action; letter-writing to the prozines is currently a discouraged area of fanac.
- 2002, Mike Resnick, Once a Fan..., Wildside Press LLC, page 274:
- The advent of the computer and the modem means that an increasingly large number of fans indulge in most of their fanac online.
Meronyms
[edit]- apahacking
- letterhacking
- pubbing (a fanzine)
- smoffing
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[edit]References
[edit]- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “fanac”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 56.
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “fanac n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.