The Encyclopedia of Fandom
Fancyclopedia is an editorial reference site for the history, language, people, publications, conventions, awards, and community traditions of science fiction fandom.
Starting points for understanding how fandom became a culture of its own.
A guide to tuckerization, the practice of naming a fictional character after a real person, especially a fan, friend, or auction winner.
A focused guide to the Big Heart Award, the Worldcon-associated fandom service honor, including its origin, meaning, recipients, and community value.
A history of fanzine reviews as a form of fan criticism, community feedback, bibliographic memory, and publishing conversation.
Freshly edited articles from the reference archive.
A guide to how the internet changed science fiction fandom through email, forums, websites, wikis, archives, social media, and online fan communities.
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 science fiction fandom changed during the 1960s through media fandom, New Wave debates, larger conventions, and shifting 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 World War II disrupted science fiction fandom, changed fan communication, affected conventions, and shaped postwar fan culture.
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 the 1920s roots of science fiction fandom in magazines, letter columns, reader correspondence, and early shared identity.
A chronological guide to science fiction fandom from magazine letter columns and early clubs through fanzines, Worldcon, media fandom, and the internet.
A guide to women fanzine editors and contributors in early science fiction fandom, with attention to visibility, labor, correspondence, and historical memory.
A guide to Star Trek fanzines and how they helped expand media fandom through fan fiction, art, letter columns, conventions, and fan communities.