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    Acronyms: Words created from the initial letters of a sentence or phrase. This verbal shorthand is popular among
        science fiction fans, and I offer a few examples here:
        FIAWOL: (FI-ah-wall) Fandom is a way of life, as opposed to:
        FIJAGH: (FEE-jag) Fandom is just a gawdam hobby. These two factions argue the point to this day. However:
        FIJASOI: (FEE-ja-soy) Coined cynically by Steve ("Albedo") Gallacci: Fandom is just a source of income. I                        know from personal experience that this is not his philosophy, but he is wickedly funny and shut both of the
            other two arguing factions up when he sported a tee shirt with his acronym at the 1984 Worldcon in LA.
        IIRC: If I recall correctly
        IMHO: In my humble opinion
        POSSLQ: Person of opposite sex sharing living quarters
        ROTFL: Rolling on the floor laughing
        TANJ!: (A mild curse word) There Ain't No Justice! (Coined by Larry Niven)
        TANSTAAFL: (TAN-staff-el) There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. (I want to say this was Robert A.
            Heinlein, but would have to check that reference, it refers to work ethic and suspicious offers.)
        I will add to this list as I see fit, but you get the idea. Fans tend to incorporate such shorthand into their spoken
            or written communications, it's part of phannish culture.

    Analog (Science Fiction/Science Fact Magazine): Originally "Astounding Science Fiction", Analog has been in 
        continuous publication for more than eighty years.

    Art Show: A gallery of artwork created by attending artists or mail-ins from all over the world. A science fiction
        convention almost always features such a show, which is open to the general public (something not usually                       advertised, but true!), and will charge for display space and commissions on sales, and is *the* place to collect                 some of the most beautiful and creative artwork you can imagine. It usually culminates with an auction late in the             weekend, where a specified number of bids will open the work up to bidding wars that can run to thousands of               dollars. These shows are open to all ages and skill levels, are limited to science fiction or fantasy work, and for             the most part are family-friendly. A few (WorldFantasyCon, e.g.) are juried for admittance or invitation-only,                    but most are open to all, and are a great way to publicize your work (and remember, many Attending Pros are                 editors or publishers) and have led to launching innumerable careers for aspiring professional artists.

    Attending Pro: In addition to the GOHs, there are always a large number of professional authors, artists, BNFs,
        etc. who populate panels, run workshops, and basically provide most of the programming for a con. Most of
        these are published "feelthy pros", but are offered their membership in exchange for working for their
        funny-colored badge.

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    Badge: Your convention nametag, bearing your name (or Persona name) and your membership number. Many
        conventions offer a "door prize" for simply having a certain "high-numbered" badge, called the "Break-Even
        Award" -- when that person paid for his or her membership, the convention officially had enough income from
        memberships to cover the cost of throwing the event. (Well, "ideally" -- the truth is always stranger.) See also
        "Funny-colored badge"
 
    BNF: Big Name Fan, someone whose science fiction and fantasy efforts make them famous in phannish circles,
        but for some reason they haven't yet crossed the line to being considered a "Feelthy Pro".

    Break-Even: The "holy grail" of every convention. See "Badge"

    Bwaa-haa-ha!: Generally, a gleefully evil laugh. Think "Snidely Whiplash." Also, "Muwaa-ha-ha!" or variants.

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    Chairbody, Chairman, Chairwoman, or Chair: the fearless and/or foolish leader of a committee of dedicated
        and talented department heads who will commit twelve months or more out of their lives to create and throw
        a skiffy con that will be memorable, historical, and thoroughly enjoyable. All of these people will spend the
        entire convention in OPS unless they're troubleshooting somewhere and not person one among them will
        be able to enjoy the very event they created, but The Chair gets to deal with every problem, gets all of the
        blame, and reaps none of the rewards. (All of this in addition to holding down a day-job!) As volunteer hobbies
        go, this has to be one of the most difficult in the world, and it's impossible to understand how this can be
        considered "fun", but my hat is off to every Con Chair in the world -- it takes a very special person to juggle
        monkeys, and behind the scenes at every con there is an expert monkey-juggler. There is a story from the
        arcehtypal "old country" that when each person is born, an angel bestows upon the newborn a kiss which will
        determine its destiny. If the child is kissed on the eyes, it will be a great beauty. Upon the forehead, it will be
        a great thinker. On the fingers, it will be a great craftsman; the heart, a great artist. I don't presume to know
        where these people were kissed, but they do make great Chairbodies.
 
    ConComm: The guiding body of a science fiction and fantasy convention, usually comprised of the chairbody
        and his or her department heads, all of whom are volunteers and literally work for a year or more at a largely
        thankless job. Do not call these people a week before their convention if you are a telemarketer, you will learn
        entirely new levels of pain and suffering, bwaa-haa-ha! (Short for "Convention Committee")
       
    *CON* : Usually a suffix or prefix to a name that makes a clever, attention-getting pun or a simple time-honored
        appellation for a science fiction and/or fantasy convention. This will usually be seen in the form of "Norwescon",
        "Worldcon" or "MidAmericaCon", but opposite examples like "CONestoga" and "CONflagration" have been
        known to suffer some success. They are commonly also referred to by date and location: "Were you at LA in
        '84?" "Yeah, I made it to that con..." (There are some cases where the "CON" is worked into the middle of the
        convention name, but can't recall any right now and the only examples that come to mind -- InCONgruous,
        inCONtinent, e.g. -- really don't reflect the proper attitude.)  And some conventions like the long-running
        "Boskone" dump the 'conventional' use of the word completely. (Short for "Convention".)

    Convention: A three-to-five-day weekend in a completely different universe with between a couple-hundred and
        a few thousand of your nearest and dearest friends. Most are completely run by volunteers, they usually include
        programming tracks that cover literary, artistic, historical, technical and business interests; live demonstrations
        ranging from art techniques to Medieval sword fighting; a dealer's room ranging from toys and books to
        elegant costumery, games and gaming merchandise, memorabilia and rare collectibles; an art show populated by
        artists of every skill level from all over the world; a masquerade/costume contest that will range in quality from
        rank amateurs or first-time kidlings to professional Master designers; and rooms for computer, gaming, and
        video/film enthusiasts. Cons used to be fairly rare: these days, there are dozens of conventions happening
        somewhere in the world every single weekend. Some of these are Special Interest Group cons, dedicated to a
        TV show or movie, a particular author, or a theme. Some of them are multimillion-dollar businesses: Of these,
        some are glossy "travelling dealer's rooms" that may feature the appearance of a star or two from TV and
        movies: these are "Mediacons". "Real" conventions, even if they make $millions, are for the most part volunteer
        productions and are, by law, "non-profit organizations" (which requires that their "profits" be channeled back
        into charitable organizations and causes.) Cons are almost all family events suitable for all age groups, and
        offer a chance for fans to meet and talk with feelthy pros in person (there are guaranteed to be professionals
        there!) as well as other fans. Well-policed by their own internal (and Hotel) Security, they are family-friendly and
        responsible events that, being heavily populated by parents, teachers, and grandparents, guard and protect
        kidlings who are in attendance. Note that kidlings love these things, and become the envy of their mundane
        classmates ("And here's a picture of me with R2-D2 in a room full of Klingons...") and their teachers ("And
        here's me having lunch with Forry Ackerman/Freeman Dyson/Michael Whelan/Jim Hogan/Joss Whedon...")

    Crew:  Those members who attend a convention and voluntarily donate time to stand VERY SERIOUS AND
        VERY MUCH APPRECIATED WATCHES in thankless and unpaid jobs as Security, Cleanup, Setup,
        Gopher, Art Show Helpers, etc. to see to it that Passengers and Guests have the best time they possibly can.
        "Crew" will pay for their memberships and often work through the entire convention, never seeing much of it
        but making sure it runs properly. They are the unsung heroes of every convention.

    Curses: Phandom is comprised of human beings who occasionally lose their temper, and curse-words will
        occasionally escape their lips. However, some of the things they utter when you accidentally drop a hammer on
        their heads from atop a ladder might confuse you. Here are a few examples of "bad words" phen use:
            FELGERCARB! (Battlestar Galactica TV series, 1970's -- used as a substitute for male bovine feces.)
            FRACK! (I have no idea what it means, it's also from the original Battlestar: Galactica TV series  in the 70's)
            SHAZBAT! (Mork and Mindy, a Robin Williams improvisational replacement for any general mild oath.)
            TANJ! (There ain't no justice! Larry Niven)
        And the worst curse word in the universe, of such unspeakable profanity that only people of very base and low
        character dare to use it under very dire circumstance, (except for the inhabitants of a small blue-green world
        orbiting an unremarkable golden-yellow sun in the unfashionable western spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy,
        who use it because they simply don't know what the word means):
            BELGIUM! (This from the late Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy")

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    Egoboo: (n) This is really what a Phan wants, what a Feelthy Pro wants, what EVERYONE IN THE WORLD
        wants, and we're all too cheesy or greedy to grant it. It's more important than money, it's more important than
        being on TV, but occasionally that's part of it. It means a pat on the back from someone who either supported
        you from the beginning (happens a lot in phandom) or doubted you and is apologizing for their mistake (also
        happens a lot in phandom -- not so much in real-life business) ... It means "Ego Boosting", and it
        acknowledges that someone did a good job. If businesses and legitimate government were as good as
        Phandom at presenting Egoboo, where deserved, we'd be on Mars now and cancer would be of historical
        interest only! Business and government call it "Employee Incentive" and "Productivity Awards" -- but when it
        comes to awarding someone something important for doing an important job well, I think Phandom has a
        corner on the market. Industry doesn't allow for promotion for doing good work: fandom does. (We even have
        this word for it!. There wasn't a word for "The Right Stuff" and all that it implied for That Quality, until Tom
        Wolfe's very thick novel came out.) Egoboo is similarly underestimated and difficult to quantify. It makes for
        better relations with the hotels, the volunteers, the pros, even the passengers ("Hall Costume Awards", who
        came up with THAT bit of fun?? Brilliant!) Egoboo makes 10 eager people working *with* you, rather than
        1,000 people working *for* you.
    Egoboo (v): To bestow respect for a job well done. ("We're going to egoboo Joe Phan for his work on last year's
        Masquerade...") This usually means there is a party in the offing, or a major award of some kind.
   

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    Fan: A science fiction or fantasy afficionado, variously described by Mundanes as a "Geek", a "Nerd", a
        "Bookworm", a "Trekkie", and on one occasion "...an ill-advised Spandex sorceress." Although phandom does
        have its odd "fringe-fan" contingent, most science fiction and fantasy fans are intelligent, well-read, and
        accomplished professionals. Many are published authors, notable scientists, visionary artists, or respected
        engineers -- which, yeah, I guess makes us "geeks" and "nerds" and "bookworms", after all.

    Fan-Ac: Phannish Activity, such as volunteering at conventions, participating in literary or media discussions,
        creating fanzines, establishing weblogs, Special Interest Groups centered around authors or other topics,
        becoming involved in a local skiffy club, collecting canned food for the food banks or other charitable activities
        while wearing one's Star Trek uniform ("Trekker Treat!"), and sometimes just attending a skiffy club's monthly
        Social. Fanac means getting involved in your community, even if the only community you can deal with is SF
        fandom, but we're here because we believe in a better world and contribute our time to its creation. We have
        seen the future, and it is us -- and the future begins NOW.

    Fandom: a collective word describing the community of science fiction and fantasy fen who are actively
        involved in fanac of some sort. The word has historical significance: fandom dates back to the 1920s
        or earlier and has spawned most of today's feelthy pros in the field. Also deliberately misspelled "Phandom".

    Fantasy: When related to Science Fiction and Fantasy, it means the field of fiction that deals with the effects
        of non-proven technology on people: magic, pseudo-science, superhero powers, etc. Note that the fine line
        between science fiction and fantasy is frequently blurred -- many claim Star Trek was technically "fantasy"
        because warp drive, artificial gravity, transporters, etc. had no basis in "real" science. Usually, however,
        clearly-defined elements in most tales make the distinction obvious: "The Lord of the Rings" is fantasy, while
        "2001: A Space Odyssey" is science fiction. --or is it? (And other definitions of "fantasy" I will leave alone.)

    Fanzine: An amateur publication that used to be created on ditto, mimeograph, or typed on a manual typewriter
        with ten carbon copies, re-using carbon paper dating back to the Mayflower's passenger manifest. A period on
        the first page would result in something the size of a kitten's paw on the tenth copy, only harder to read (and
        there was often a copy of the same page on the front and back, mirror-imaged because the geek put one
        sheet of carbon paper into the platen backward.) Many of the oldest of these are now considered important
        historical documents. With the advent of the personal computer, many of these things now are full-color,
        perfect-bound masterpieces, but they're still created by geeks and nerds like us. (See "Zine")

    Feelthy Pro: A phan who is now making a living by selling art or stories or films of their (or other fans') creations,
        or editing a professional or semi-pro publication. Most phans aspire to be feelthy pros someday. Some
        examples of fans who became feelthy pros are Frederik Pohl, Wilson Tucker, and Isaac Asimov.

    FemmeFan: a female fan of science fiction or fantasy. Usually referring to a fan or feelthy pro whose gender is
        not suggested by her nom-de-plume, such as the late James Tiptree, Jr. ("I really want to meet him, I love his
        books!" "Uh, James Tiptree, Jr. is a femmefan...")

    Fen: Plural of "fan", more than one science fiction fan. When fen congregate, fanac usually results.

    Filk, Filksong: A folksong in the ilk of fandom, frequently phannish lyrics applied to familiar tunes, but not always!
        These are often bawdy busking and hilarious, but they range from inspirational to historical to finest art. Filking
        keeps phannish history alive in the tradition of wandering Medieval minstrels, grown into the 21st century. The
        word came from a typographical error but has grown to mean a separate art form of its own.

    Filker, Filksinger: A person who filks. Mark Russell and Prof. Tom Lehrer are widely considered filkers by phen.

    Fringe-Fan: usually someone who falls outside even the exceptionally tolerant envelope of acceptance by the
        fannish community. These will be the ones with tin-foil hats to keep the thought-control patterns of the Aliens
        out of their brains, who talk to their invisible entourage at odd moments, only it's not part of their Persona.
        They are people who can't separate their science fiction and fantasy lives from their real lives, or who
        misrepresent themselves in the presence of incognito professionals who know better, and while some
        have found rehabilitation through fannish friendships, some are simply relegated to the category of "Fugghead"
        and from that moment forth are placed under very close scrutiny by the ConComm and Security. Or 86'd.
        Note, too, that if a mundane TV crew shows up to cover a skiffy con, these will be the ones who get air-time.

    Fuggheads: "Phandom polices its own. Fuggheads, once identified, don't last long." --Tim Kyger

    Funny-Colored Badge: This looks like a Passenger nametag but it is either printed on a unique-colored stock
        or may bear one or more ribbons (or other distinctive marks) indicating that the bearer is a GOH, an
        Attending Pro, or a Panel Participant.   

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    Geek: Usually a social outcast with his or her nose in an SF book in Elementary, Jr. High or High
        School. This person is *your* second-level supervisor today. Also: Nerd, Poindexter, Bookworm, etc.

    Green Room: This is a space usually set aside to offer GOHs and Attending Pros and Panel Participants a place
        to meet before their programming event, enjoy some refreshment, and/or interface with the ConComm.

    GOH: Guest Of Honor. This comes in various flavors: "GOH" usually refers to the headlining guest, most often
        a professional author of some repute and stature, but for some "media cons" this might be an actor who played
        a pivotal role in some skiffy/fantasy film or TV show. AGOH is the Artist Guest of Honor, FGOH is the
        Fan Guest of Honor, MGOH is often Media, GGOH is Gaming, and so on. "VGOH" is a fairly new and
        long-overdue category which, IMHO, every convention with a number other than "1" after its name should offer:
        it stands for "Volunteer Guest of Honor" and it recognizes a non-ConComm person who worked above and
        beyond the call of duty at the previous year's con. The primary difference between a GOH and an Attending Pro
        is that the convention pays not only for their membership but also their hotel accommodations, transportation,
        and offers a small stipend to cover meals and other expenses.  (The AGOH gets 'perks' like free panel space
        in the Art Show, but still pays commissions on sales.) Most (sadly, not all, but *most*) GOHs look upon
        their position as being *your* employee, since your paid membership in the con made it possible for them to
        be there. They are happy to spend time talking with you personally, and you will find that they are just people,
        and you never know: you might become fast friends! "Pros Don't Bite!  -- unless invited to." (--wrw)

    Gopher: THE most important person on the "crew" of any convention: a versatile, quick-witted volunteer who will
        get impossible instructions from a frazzled ConComm-type who's juggling monkeys, and will come through
        with a perfect solution, every time. (Well, "workable" -- no one expects perfection at a skiffy con!) Several
        conventions have wisely adopted the policy of making a GGOH or VGOH (Gopher Guest of Honor or
        Volunteer Guest of Honor) a paid guest at the next year's convention, complete with panel time and free
        membership. If phandom polices its own, it also finds ways to reward its own. See "egoboo". (The word
        "Gopher" is a bastardization of "Joe Phan, will you go-for coffee, go-for lunch, go-for office supplies ...")

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    KidCon: A programming track offered by many Conventions that acts as a "Day-Care Center" but features
        visits by GOHs and Attending Pros, workshops on building costumes or toys, and other entertainment
        appropriate to their age group. Creativity is stressed and encouraged, there are few disappointed attendees.
 
    Kidling: a Neophan (Neofan) under the age of consent. Children are a welcome part of SF convention culture
        and are more often than not an enriching element for any convention: further, the experience of "hanging out"
        with professional people seems to enrich their personal development as well. Since phandom is comprised of
        people of all ages and occupations, children at conventions are generally surrounded by parents, grandparents,
        even great-grandparents who keep a sharp eye out for the protection of kidlings from "fuggheads", even if they
        are not their own children. Parents need to be responsible and rules differ from con to con, but children are
        generally treated as people at conventions: asked to behave responsibly, free to roam and engage in Con
        activities, and many cons even have "KidCon" programming which involve arts and crafts, visits by attending
        pros, workshops for building toys and costumes, and always the invitation to read and think and ask questions.
        I have never seen a bored kidling at a con, and have seen many grow to be professionals in fields they learned
        about from attending cons. There are astronauts who talk about Skiffy cons as the turning point in their lives.

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    Mediacon: A travelling road show that usually features a theme, a guest actor or four from a TV or movie
        series, and a dealers' room. Different from a real skiffy con, Mediacons offer chances to hear players who
        worked on a show like "Star Trek: The Next Generation" or "Babylon 5" or "Doctor Who" tell 'inside'
        production anecdotes and field questions from the paying audience. These are advertised as "Science Fiction
        Conventions" but are really just promotional tours and commercial operations. Not that this is a bad thing,
        they have their place and are a lot of fun, but they are *not* "real" science fiction conventions. Examples
        include (insert Mediacon names: Starcon, LeapCon, CreationCon, etc. and offer links.)
 
    Mundane: The opposite of Fan. Usually armchair quarterbacks for activities they don't get personally involved
        in, these are generally people who don't read, understand, watch or enjoy what they think of as science fiction, 
        but are quick to ridicule it as "Sci-Fi" anyway. Note: there are many dedicated and professional and successful
        mundanes, and I do not belittle them universally. But a mundane is a person whose philosophy is, "Science
        Fiction Not Spoken Here, Nor Will It Ever Be, And I Don't Care What It Is About!" Most of the world is
        composed of Mundanes, which is a shame because new developments in science, technology, or politics
        upset them and come as surprises. Fans have been innoculated against "Future Shock" by reading SF.

    "Muwaaa-ha-ha!" : a variant of "Bwaa-haa-ha"

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    Neo: A newcomer, usually but not always a Kidling.
   
    Neophan, neofan: A newcomer to the science fiction community generally and regardless of age. However,
        "neophan" is also used to describe children or passengers under the age of consent, some of whom are only
        infants. See also "Protophan"

    Nerd: See "Geek"

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    OPS: Convention Operations Headquarters, this is a room aflutter with Technophiles, harried ConComm folks
        with radios plugged into their ears, and people who have slaved for over a year to prepare for this event and are
        so busy running it that they generally don't get to see *any* of it.

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    Passengers: The attendees of a Convention who are there to enjoy the experience but don't volunteer to help.

    Persona: A character a fan will don, like a costume, as soon as he or she arrives at a science fiction or fantasy
        convention. These can be as simple as a phannish nom-de-plume (often unpronounceable), or it can involve
        elaborate costumes, sometimes whole clubs of similarly-inclined friends with their own personas, or in extreme
        cases, people falsely passing themselves off as professional artists, authors, or whatever. (See "fuggheads")
 
    Phannish: Of or having to do with Fandom. For some reason, Phans like to coin new words, and one way to
        accomplish this was to replace an "F" in front of a word with a "Ph". I don't know who, if anyone, can be
        credited with coining this, but phen have phun with it.

    Phen: Plural of "phan" -- more than one science fiction fan.

    POSSLQ: An acronym for "Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters." This frequently implies more
        than simply being platonic roommates, but this is not necessarily the case. (Pronounced "Pozzel-cue")

    Protophan, Protofan: Children and conventions come and go, and their schedules don't always coincide without
        conflict. A pregnant femmefan will be referred to as having a Protophan in tow: a skiffy kidling who's simply
        too young to read yet.

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    Relaxacon: A small convention or large party, depending upon your point of view. Less than a convention, more
        than a party, a Relaxacon is a big well-organized get-together of fen who are "between Conventions"

    ROTFL: Not strictly a phannish term, but born of computer shorthand, "ROTFL" is an acronym that means
        "Rolling On The Floor Laughing." There are several permutations of this, but I forebear from commenting
        upon these in the interest of maintaining a family-safe page. See "Acronyms"

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    Samizdat: Originally a Russian word meaning "self-published", Samizdats can be found aplenty today in the
        form of comix, graphic novels, or prose where an impatient but confident author or artist takes on the risk and
        expense of launching a magazine or book without relying upon finding a willing publisher with deep and open
        pockets. Sure, they're risky, but so is life. And for those willing to stick to it, like Steve "Albedo" Gallacci, Ben
        "The Tick" Edlund, and others (MIB?), the payoff exceeds dreams of expectation.

    Science Fiction: Speculative stories about the effect of technology on people.

    "Sci-Fi": a detested appellation for our field that is still widely used by movie moguls, TV programming guides,
        and people who pretend to know what Skiffy is about. More properly, "skiffy" or SF is used. (I remember a
        classic cartoon by Phil Foglio showing a leering mundane who's at a con because he heard we know how to
        party: he has cornered a femmefan and says, "Yeah, I'm really 'into' Sci-Fi..." -- she's rolling her eyes and
        doesn't need to have the word balloon over her head saying "loser!" to convey the message.) "Sci-Fi" (s-eye
        f-eye) includes such oddities as "Plan Nine From Outer Space", "Godzilla" and "The Blob". This is a far cry
        from SF, which includes the likes of Jules Verne, Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Dr. Isaac Asimov, and Stanislaw
        Lem (respectively, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "2001: A Space Odyssey", "I, Robot" and "Solaris.") e.g.

    SF, SF&F: the accepted shorthand for "Science Fiction" and "Science Fiction/Fantasy", respectively. Note that
        Analog Science Fiction and Fact might confuse this, and they refer to themselves as simply "ASF"
 
    SKIFFY: A deliberate mispronunciation of "Sci-Fi", a term universally eschewed in the phannish community. I
        am proud to say I coined the pronunciation during the "Seattle In 1981" Worldcon bid, and I've been delighted
        to see its almost universal acceptance.

    SMOF: Acronym for "Secret Master of Fandom" -- someone who works largely behind the scenes to make the
        complicated logistics of science fiction and fantasy projects successful. Some of these people don't even know
        they're SMOFs, but the rest of fandom recognizes them as such.

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    Zine: (zeen) -- short for "magazine" but specifically a phannish product created for the love of science fiction,
        fantasy, or media-based phandom. Fanzines have been around for almost as long as science fiction (Fanzine =
        a magazine created by fans), Prozines (professional magazines like Analog), Semiprozines (Samizdats like
        Algis Budrys's "Tomorrow Speculative Fiction" or Charlie Brown's "Locus"), and SIGzines (Special Interest
        Group Magazines) still flourish today. Additionally, Webzines (magazines entirely created and published on
        the Internet, such as Aphelion) are a new addition to the field, and some APAzines (Amateur Press
        Association) have been around for many decades. A zine is an expression of celebration of Freedom Of Press,
        driven by a need to create and express onesself. In many senses of the word, this website is a "zine", and you
        should consider yourself lucky that you don't smell like Ditto right now, or have to go wash mimeograph ink
        off your fingers after reading it. Today's zines are beyond the imagination of most of us who grew up with
        those rudimentary and primitive publishing tools when that was all we had to work with. On the other hand,
        between then and now Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, and I'll bet most of you who are reading this
        never knew a world before man had been to the moon. But here we are, Star Trek technology up to our ears
        (literally) in the form of flip-phones, reading words created on personal computers on personal computers, all
        over the world at the same time. Ditto has gone the way of the dinosaur, and someday these modern marvels
        will similarly march into extinction, but in whatever form it takes, the zine will survive as long as creativity exists.


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