[penguicon-general] Fannish Material To Read

[Seth Breidbart]

Greg <greg_b at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> I'd go with that.  In my earlier years, before I was able to go to
> cons, I read books, watched TV, went to movies, collected
> memorabilia, joined a club (was even President at one time) and even
> translated a ST novel into script form for use in a radio play,
> which never happened, unfortunately.

There's "organized fandom" (yeah, right) which is a network of fans
who know each other (or someone who knows someone who . . .).  Joining
the club counts; reading, watching, and collecting as solitary (more
or less) pursuits doesn't make someone a member of fandom.
(Corresponding also does, at one time by dead tree fanzines, now
mostly on the net.)

Seth