Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community or fandom of people interested in science fiction in contact with one another based upon that interest...
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subcultures originated with science fiction fandom, the community of fans of the science fiction and fantasy genres. Science fiction fandom dates back to the 1930s...
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A science-fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of science-fiction fandom, from the 1930s to the present day...
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Science fiction (sometimes shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic...
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authors of speculative fiction and their role in science fiction fandom. Regarding authorship, in 1948, 10–15% of science fiction writers were female. Women's...
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Finnish science fiction fandom started getting organized in Finland when the first science fiction club (the Turku Science Fiction Society) was founded...
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First Fandom is an informal association of early, active and well-known science fiction fans. In 1958, a number of fans at Midwestcon realized amid table-talk...
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earliest forms of media fandom was Star Trek fandom. Fans of the series became known to each other through the science fiction fandom. In 1968, NBC decided...
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Mundane (category Science fiction terminology)
mundane: the quotidian and ordinary. The term first came into use in science fiction fandom to refer, sometimes deprecatingly, to non-fans; this use of the...
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The Stargate fandom is the community of fans of the military science fiction film Stargate and its spinoff television and web series including Stargate...
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The Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, Inc., or LASFS, is a science fiction and fantasy fan society that meets in the Los Angeles area. The current...
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and topical guide to science fiction: Science fiction – a genre of fiction dealing with the impact of imagined innovations in science or technology, often...
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the entire world of science fiction fandom when ... Heinlein broke the 'slicks' barrier by having an undiluted science fiction story of his published in...
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Filk music (category Science fiction fandom)
music is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction, fantasy, and horror fandom and a type of fan labor. The genre has existed since...
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may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Speculative fiction fandom can refer to: Fantasy fandom Science fiction fandom...
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Fanzine (section Science fiction)
was coined in an October 1940 science fiction fanzine by Russ Chauvenet and first popularized within science fiction fandom, and from there the term was...
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Harry Warner Jr. (category American male non-fiction writers)
Hagerstown, Maryland, Herald-Mail. He was also an important science fiction fan and historian of fandom and Washington County, Maryland, as well as a classical...
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Zine (section 1930s–1960s and science fiction)
was coined in an October 1940 science fiction fanzine by Russ Chauvenet and popularized within science fiction fandom, entering the Oxford English Dictionary...
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chronological sections Science fiction fandom (section "Origins and history") Science fiction film (section "History") Science fiction in China which is arranged...
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David Kyle (category American science fiction writers)
1919 – September 18, 2016) was an American science fiction writer and member of science fiction fandom. Kyle served as a reporter in the Air Force Reserves...
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Independent bookstore (redirect from Science fiction, fantasy and horror bookstores)
these closed. During their heyday, however, they were a key part of science fiction fandom, facilitating not just publishing, distribution, and promotion of...
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genre of fantasy and weird fiction. World Fantasy Convention Science fiction fandom Furry fandom "How Long Will Our Fascination With the Fantasy Genre Last...
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Wilson Tucker (writer) (category American science fiction writers)
action adventure, and science fiction under the name Wilson Tucker. Tucker was also a prominent member of science fiction fandom, who wrote extensively...
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The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) is a literary organization focusing on science fiction, fantasy and related genres. A 501c3 literary society...
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Sir Julius Vogel Award (redirect from New Zealand Science Fiction Fan Award)
Zealand National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in New Zealand science fiction, fantasy, horror, and science fiction fandom. They are commonly...
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Russ Chauvenet (section Fandom)
24, 2003) was a champion chess player and one of the founders of science fiction fandom. Chauvenet was the U.S. Amateur Champion in 1959, as well as state...
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Science fiction conventions are gatherings of fans of the speculative fiction subgenre, science fiction. Historically, science fiction conventions had...
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Futurians (category Science fiction organizations)
City and were a major force in the development of science fiction writing and science fiction fandom in the years 1937–1945. As described in Isaac Asimov's...
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National Fantasy Fan Federation (category Science fiction fandom)
of the world's oldest science fiction fandom organizations. The organization was founded in April 1941 when all science fiction, horror, and fantasy literature...
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Amazing Stories (redirect from Amazing Science-Fiction)
fans could make contact with each other, led to the formation of science fiction fandom, which in turn had a strong influence on the development of the...
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