Category: Fandom Culture

A guide to British science fiction fandom, from early clubs and fanzines to conventions, fan writing, transatlantic exchange, and archives.

A guide to Canadian science fiction fandom, including clubs, conventions, fanzines, Worldcons, regional identity, and cross-border fan culture.

A history of fandom communication from magazine letter columns and fanzines to apas, mailing lists, forums, blogs, wikis, and social media.

A guide to the 1920s roots of science fiction fandom in magazines, letter columns, reader correspondence, and early shared identity.

A guide to science fiction fandom in the 1930s, including fanzines, clubs, the Science Fiction League, Futurians, early conventions, and fan politics.

A guide to how World War II disrupted science fiction fandom, changed fan communication, affected conventions, and shaped postwar fan culture.

A guide to 1950s science fiction fandom, including postwar conventions, fanzines, clubs, the Hugo Awards, and the growth of fan institutions.

A guide to how science fiction fandom changed during the 1960s through media fandom, New Wave debates, larger conventions, and shifting fan culture.

A guide to science fiction fandom in the 1970s, including larger conventions, media fandom, Star Trek zines, fan awards, and changing community scale.

A guide to how the internet changed science fiction fandom through email, forums, websites, wikis, archives, social media, and online fan communities.