Difference between revisions of "Broad Mental Horizons"
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| − | The kind that [[fans]] have – or at least claim to. | + | The kind that [[fans]] have – or at least claim to. “'''Broad mental horizons'''” was first used to describe the mindset of [[fans]] by [[Margaret St. Clair]] in a 1948 article in ''Writer's Digest'', it was quickly picked up and used tongue-in-cheek in numerous [[fanzines]], where the [[catchphrase]] caught on to become firmly embedded in the [[fannish]] vernacular. |
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| − | Something [[fans]] have, along with [[cosmic concepts]], a [[sensitive fannish face]], and sometimes [[slan]] [[tendrils]] or a third eye. One with any or all of these attributes is undoubtlessly [[star-begotten]]. [[Margaret St Clair]] credited us with this characteristic in an article in a '48 ''Writers' Digest''. | + | Something [[fans]] have, along with [[Cosmic Circle|cosmic concepts]], a [[sensitive fannish face]], and sometimes [[slan]] [[tendrils]] or a third eye. One with any or all of these attributes is undoubtlessly [[star-begotten]]. [[Margaret St. Clair]] credited us with this characteristic in an article in a '48 ''Writers' Digest''. |
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Latest revision as of 17:24, 28 July 2020
The kind that fans have – or at least claim to. “Broad mental horizons” was first used to describe the mindset of fans by Margaret St. Clair in a 1948 article in Writer's Digest, it was quickly picked up and used tongue-in-cheek in numerous fanzines, where the catchphrase caught on to become firmly embedded in the fannish vernacular.
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| Something fans have, along with cosmic concepts, a sensitive fannish face, and sometimes slan tendrils or a third eye. One with any or all of these attributes is undoubtlessly star-begotten. Margaret St. Clair credited us with this characteristic in an article in a '48 Writers' Digest. |
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