Science fiction fandom | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: Subhajit Sahu
Date: 2018-12-27

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_fandom


00:00:36 1 Origins and history
00:04:04 2 By country
00:04:13 2.1 Sweden
00:05:14 2.2 UK
00:06:10 3 Conventions
00:07:49 4 Science fiction societies
00:09:09 5 Offshoots and subcommunities
00:11:15 6 Fanspeak
00:12:44 7 In fiction
00:14:58 7.1 Fans are slans
00:15:36 7.2 Figures in the history of fandom



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SUMMARY
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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. SF fandom has a life of its own, but not much in the way of formal organization (although clubs such as the Futurians (1937–1945) are a recognized example of organized fandom).
Most often called simply "fandom" within the community, it can be viewed as a distinct subculture, with its own literature and jargon; marriages and other relationships among fans are common, as are multi-generational fan families.