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Taken from the 1945 [[Murray Leinster]] [[novelette]] of that name, '''''first contact''''' became a [[stfnal]] trope for any first encounter with intelligent aliens. The phrase is now widely used outside [[fandom]] as well. | Taken from the 1945 [[Murray Leinster]] [[novelette]] of that name, '''''first contact''''' became a [[stfnal]] trope for any first encounter with intelligent aliens. The phrase is now widely used outside [[fandom]] as well. | ||
| − | The [[fannish]] usage to describe the first meeting of a [[protofan]] with [[fandom]] has | + | The [[fannish]] usage to describe the first meeting of a [[protofan]] with [[fandom]] has become just “[[Contact (wand)|Contact]],” the name of magic wand with which the [[Spirit of Fandom]] touches [[Jophan]] at the beginning of ''[[The Enchanted Duplicator]]'', published in 1954. |
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Revision as of 19:03, 9 March 2021
(See First Contact (disambiguation) for others.)
Taken from the 1945 Murray Leinster novelette of that name, first contact became a stfnal trope for any first encounter with intelligent aliens. The phrase is now widely used outside fandom as well.
The fannish usage to describe the first meeting of a protofan with fandom has become just “Contact,” the name of magic wand with which the Spirit of Fandom touches Jophan at the beginning of The Enchanted Duplicator, published in 1954.
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| In Murray Leinster's story of that name, the first encounter of humans with intelligent ETs; by extension, with us, the first meeting of stfnist with actifan. |
| Fanspeak |
| This is a fanspeak page. Please extend it by adding information about when and by whom it was coined, whether it’s still in use, etc. |
