[penguicon-general] Fannish Material To Read

[Rob Landley]

On Monday 18 December 2006 10:46 pm, Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote:
> On Monday 18 December 2006 12:32 am, Seth Breidbart wrote:
> > "Matt Arnold" <matt.mattarn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > You're right, fandom is about attending cons, pure and simple.
> >
> > No, *convention fandom* is about attending cons.
> >
> > Fanzine fandom is where it all started.
> 
> Gee.  And here I thought the books were where it all started.  :-)  However, 
> Seth, you've been in fandom longer than I have, so I'll defer to your 
> superior knowledge of the historic background.

Somebody pointed me to Charles Dickens fanfic, contemporary with the 
originals.  And his bestseller (A Christmas Carol) is, technically speaking, 
a supernatural time travel thriller.  (However, the fanfic I saw wasn't in 
anything like a fanzine.)

Rob
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