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Someone who doesn't read or feel any particular attraction to [[science fiction]] but who enjoys the company of [[fans]] and [[fandom]]'s social order and whose company is enjoyed by [[fans]]. If used to describe someone who is a [[fan]] in the traditional sense, it's a pejorative, and some overly serious stuffed shirts use it as a pejorative all the time, but otherwise it is used as a synonym for a "[[fannish]] type" of person, which is (or should be) regarded as an intended compliment. | Someone who doesn't read or feel any particular attraction to [[science fiction]] but who enjoys the company of [[fans]] and [[fandom]]'s social order and whose company is enjoyed by [[fans]]. If used to describe someone who is a [[fan]] in the traditional sense, it's a pejorative, and some overly serious stuffed shirts use it as a pejorative all the time, but otherwise it is used as a synonym for a "[[fannish]] type" of person, which is (or should be) regarded as an intended compliment. | ||
[[Harry Warner]] describes a fakefan as "one with no basic interest in fandom but with a pleasure in the company of fans" and says that [[Jack Wiedenbeck]] was the first fakefan. | [[Harry Warner]] describes a fakefan as "one with no basic interest in fandom but with a pleasure in the company of fans" and says that [[Jack Wiedenbeck]] was the first fakefan. | ||
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Revision as of 21:35, 1 December 2019
Things for Mark to do We also have page Fake Fan
Someone who doesn't read or feel any particular attraction to science fiction but who enjoys the company of fans and fandom's social order and whose company is enjoyed by fans. If used to describe someone who is a fan in the traditional sense, it's a pejorative, and some overly serious stuffed shirts use it as a pejorative all the time, but otherwise it is used as a synonym for a "fannish type" of person, which is (or should be) regarded as an intended compliment.
Harry Warner describes a fakefan as "one with no basic interest in fandom but with a pleasure in the company of fans" and says that Jack Wiedenbeck was the first fakefan.
