Fanac is a
fan slang term (from fannish activities) for activities within the realm of
science fiction fandom
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 ...
, and occasionally used in
media fandom.
[ Bloch, Robert. "Some of My Best Fans Are Friends." '' Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', Sept. 1957] It may be distinguished from
fan labor in that "fanac" includes the publication of
science fiction fanzines of the traditional kind (i.e., not primarily devoted to
fan fiction), and the organization and maintenance of
science fiction conventions and
science fiction clubs.
"Fanac" has also been used as a title for at least two science fiction fanzines, one published by
Terry Carr and
Ron Ellik, and later continued by
Walter H. Breen, in the late 1950s through early 1960s; and the other published by
Swedish fan
John-Henri Holmberg from 1963 to 1994.
References
Fanspeak
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