[penguicon-general] Fannish Material To Read

[Molly de Blanc]

on another idle note, which I totally think ought to be said:

Comics have become a huge part of fandom. I'd personally recommend _Girl
Genius_, by Foglio and Foglio seeing as how it hits about every 'genre' the
community encompasses as well as being by people who do many things for, and
in, the community.

As for BotDS, I'll add on that there are both good and bad things about
Fandom. Besides, the book wasnät about the -good- parts, it was about how
hideous wrong it can go when the bad parts take over. But, you do get to see
every side of a convention as well as, yes, a mockery. And yes, sometimes
things are a total train wreck (I point to my 'Where were you Disclave '97'
button.)

On 12/21/06, Catherine Olanich Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 20 December 2006 9:59 am, Matt Arnold wrote:
> > Two people have mentioned Bimbos Of The Death Sun. When I finally got
> > a copy of that and read it, I didn't enjoy it. I was surprised that it
> > was frequently recommended, given that the author has no love of
> > fandom whatsoever. It is not affectionate mockery. It's a hostile
> > message to stay away from conventions, those who attend them, and
> > those who run them. I tried to interpret it more charitably, but could
> > find no redeeming qualities in the events or people depicted. Every
> > fannish activity the characters in that book participated in was a
> > human train wreck. The author attributed their motivation to
> > participate entirely to their personality flaws, which were not
> > depicted sympathetically at any point. Far from being a core
> > experience of fandom, I found its perspective to be outside my
> > experience. If BotDS is a good intro to fandom, stay away from that
> > fandom.
>
> Apparently there are fen who disagree with you, Matt.  I have no opinion,
> since I haven't read BotDS.
>
>
> --
> Cathy Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com>
>
> "A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point
> of doubtful sanity."  --Robert Frost
>
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