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== (1) To Be Fannishly Busy==
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'''Crifanac''', short for '''CRI'''tical '''FAN AC'''tivity, means engaging in top-priority [[fan activity]], with an element of harriedness, such as meeting your minimum activity requirements in an [[amateur press association]] at the last possible minute. [[Charles Burbee]], who used it with self-satirical intent, coined it.
 
  
See also: [[Hyperfanac]].
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* [[Crifanac (fanspeak)|To be fannishly busy]]
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* [[Crifanac (Forman)|Ken Foreman fanzine]]
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* [[Crifanac (Fratz)|Doug Fratz fanzine]]
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* [[Crifanac (Shull)|James Shull fanzine]]
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* [[CriFanAc|Clubzine of the Dallas Futurians Society]]
  
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(Crif-FAN-ac) Critical [[Fan]] Activity. Some pronounce it CRY-fan-ac, but the ''i'' should be short as in critical. This useta mean required activity in [[FAPA]]; later, [[fanac]] indulged in by [[fans]] to raise their relative standing in the top ten. Now it refers simply to any efforts or their results which may be expected to earn the author [[egoboo]]. This publication is crifanac; so is the time spent writing and publishing it.
 
 
from [[Fancyclopedia 2 Supplement]]  ca. 1960:
 
Some claim that it's pronounced CRIF-an-ac, including creator [[Burbee]]. [[Ackerman]] had this to say about it in [[Shangri-L'Affaires]] #31, on what would have been page 14 if there had been any page numbers: "Let us face it: ''Crifanac'' is the most important single neologism that 1946 is likely to produce. What ''[[egoboo]]'' was to [[fandom]] in '45, ''crifanac'' is to '46. Critical [[fan activity]]! How masterfully has [[Burbee]] amalgamated this dynamic phrase into a single, smashing vocable! Crifanac: the topriority expletitive that explains all, excuses all, enthuses all. The sensation of the season, the raison d'etre of the [[actifan]]. And may I be the first to point out the pointless observation that crifanac spelled backwards is canafirc?"  [[Burbee]] says he coined this for tongue-in-cheek use, as if he ever coined words for other uses.
 
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== (2) A Fanzine by Ken Forman and Arnie Katz==
 
A [[fanzine]] published by [[Ken Forman]] and [[Arnie Katz]].
 
 
 
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Issue || Date || Pages || Notes
 
1 ||May 1998 ||8 ||
 
2 ||June 1998 ||10 ||
 
3 ||June 1998 ||10 ||
 
4 ||July 1998 ||10 ||
 
5 ||August 1998 ||10 ||
 
6 ||August 1998 ||10 ||
 
7 ||September 1998 ||10 ||
 
8 ||October 1998 ||10 ||
 
9 ||November 1998 ||10 ||
 
10 ||December 1998 ||10 ||
 
11 ||January 1999 ||10 ||
 
12 ||March 1999 ||14 ||final issue
 
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== (3) A Fanzine by Doug Fratz and Louis Morra==
 
A [[Fanzine]] published by [[Doug Fratz]] and [[Louis Morra]] in the late 60s and early 70s.
 
 
 
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Issue || Date || Pages || Notes
 
3 || || ||
 
6 || || ||
 
8 ||January 1970 || ||
 
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== (4) A Clubzine by Tom Reamy and Orville Mosher==
 
The [[Clubzine]] of the [[Dallas Futurians Society]] edited by [[Tom Reamy]] and [[Orville Mosher]].  (They wrote the title "CriFanAc".)
 
 
 
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Issue || Date || Pages || Notes
 
5 ||June 1957 ||40 ||
 
6 ||1958 ||40 ||final issue
 
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== (5) A Fanzine by James Shull==
 
 
 
A [[fanzine]] published by [[James Shull]].
 
 
 
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Issue || Date || Pages || Notes
 
12 ||1970 ||6 ||
 
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