Eoghann Irving from Solar Flare has written a post claiming, “There’s No Such Thing as Science Fiction Fandom.” His main point: It would be more accurate to claim that there’s no such thing as a single unifying science fiction fandom. I think there’s a strong case to be made that historically there used to be one. The one that formed around the pulp magazines, that essentially created WorldCon and the Hugos. Members of that fandom were at one time a pretty good example of the average science fiction fan (
Fandom v The Scifi Channel
Fandom v The Scifi Channel
Fandom v The Scifi Channel
Eoghann Irving from Solar Flare has written a post claiming, “There’s No Such Thing as Science Fiction Fandom.” His main point: It would be more accurate to claim that there’s no such thing as a single unifying science fiction fandom. I think there’s a strong case to be made that historically there used to be one. The one that formed around the pulp magazines, that essentially created WorldCon and the Hugos. Members of that fandom were at one time a pretty good example of the average science fiction fan (
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