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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>science-fiction fandom</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="schroedinbug.html" title="schroedinbug"/><link rel="next" href="SCNR.html" title="SCNR"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">science-fiction fandom</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="schroedinbug.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="SCNR.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="science-fiction-fandom"/><dt xmlns="" id="science-fiction-fandom"><b>science-fiction fandom</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Another voluntary subculture having a very heavy overlap with
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hackerdom; most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly, and many go
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to ‘cons’ (SF conventions) or are involved in fandom-connected
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activities such as the Society for Creative Anachronism. Some hacker
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jargon originated in SF fandom; see <a href="../D/defenestration.html"><i class="glossterm">defenestration</i></a>,
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<a href="../G/great-wall.html"><i class="glossterm">great-wall</i></a>, <a href="../C/cyberpunk.html"><i class="glossterm">cyberpunk</i></a>,
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<a href="../H/h.html"><i class="glossterm">h</i></a>, <a href="../H/ha-ha-only-serious.html"><i class="glossterm">ha ha only serious</i></a>,
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<a href="../I/IMHO.html"><i class="glossterm">IMHO</i></a>, <a href="../M/mundane.html"><i class="glossterm">mundane</i></a>,
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<a href="../N/neep-neep.html"><i class="glossterm">neep-neep</i></a>, <a href="../R/Real-Soon-Now.html"><i class="glossterm">Real Soon Now</i></a>.
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Additionally, the jargon terms <a href="../C/cowboy.html"><i class="glossterm">cowboy</i></a>,
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<a href="../C/cyberspace.html"><i class="glossterm">cyberspace</i></a>, <a href="../D/de-rezz.html"><i class="glossterm">de-rezz</i></a>,
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<a href="../G/go-flatline.html"><i class="glossterm">go flatline</i></a>, <a href="../I/ice.html"><i class="glossterm">ice</i></a>,
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<a href="../P/phage.html"><i class="glossterm">phage</i></a>, <a href="../V/virus.html"><i class="glossterm">virus</i></a>,
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<a href="../W/wetware.html"><i class="glossterm">wetware</i></a>, <a href="../W/wirehead.html"><i class="glossterm">wirehead</i></a>, and
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<a href="../W/worm.html"><i class="glossterm">worm</i></a> originated in SF stories.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="schroedinbug.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="SCNR.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">schroedinbug </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> SCNR</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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