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In early September the [[NFFF]] had printed and began distributing a [[booklet]] entitled "What Is Science Fiction Fandom?" In some forty pages six [[fen]] undertake to describe and explain the tickings of [[fandom]] to newcomers and just plain [[readers]] who could be newcomers. To this reporter, this is the first such effort known in which an [[organization]] actually attempts to guide a reader into [[fandom]] and succeeds without becoming hysterical or hilarious. | In early September the [[NFFF]] had printed and began distributing a [[booklet]] entitled "What Is Science Fiction Fandom?" In some forty pages six [[fen]] undertake to describe and explain the tickings of [[fandom]] to newcomers and just plain [[readers]] who could be newcomers. To this reporter, this is the first such effort known in which an [[organization]] actually attempts to guide a reader into [[fandom]] and succeeds without becoming hysterical or hilarious. | ||
| − | See also: ''[[Neo-Fan's Guide]]''. | + | See also: Tucker's ''[[Neo-Fan's Guide]]''. |
| + | A second version was reprinted by [[Martin Carlson]] in January 1991. | ||
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Revision as of 05:53, 27 August 2021
A one-shot guide for neofen pubbed by E. E. Evans for the N3F in September 1944.
Bob Tucker extolled it in Rosebud 3 (November 1944):
In early September the NFFF had printed and began distributing a booklet entitled "What Is Science Fiction Fandom?" In some forty pages six fen undertake to describe and explain the tickings of fandom to newcomers and just plain readers who could be newcomers. To this reporter, this is the first such effort known in which an organization actually attempts to guide a reader into fandom and succeeds without becoming hysterical or hilarious.
See also: Tucker's Neo-Fan's Guide.
A second version was reprinted by Martin Carlson in January 1991.
| Publication | 1944 |
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