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 curated guide to digital archives and research sources for reading old science fiction fanzines and fan-history material.
A practical guide to finding old science fiction fanzines online through fan archives, university collections, bibliographies, scans, and search strategies.
A practical history of mimeographed fanzines, including stencils, duplicators, ink, paper, layout, corrections, and why the method shaped fan culture.
A guide to the earliest science fiction fanzines, including The Comet, The Planet, The Time Traveller, and the fan networks that produced them.
An alphabetical guide to common fannish slang, including fanac, egoboo, gafia, neofan, sercon, trufan, prodom, faned, and more.
A guide to filk conventions, fan gatherings centered on fannish music, song circles, concerts, parody, folk influence, and science fiction themes.
A guide to relaxacon, the low-programming science fiction convention centered on socializing, rest, conversation, and informal fan culture.
A guide to one-shot fanzines, single-issue fan publications made for a specific moment, joke, event, argument, or experiment.
A guide to apazine, the contribution a member sends to an amateur press association mailing.
A guide to newszine, the fanzine or fan publication devoted mainly to news, announcements, convention information, and community updates.