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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Focal Point}}''(Did you mean the [[Focal Point (McInerney)|fanzine by Mike McInerney, Arnie Katz and rich brown]]?)''
(Did you mean a [[Focal Point (McInerney)|Mike McInerney, Arnie Katz and rich brown fanzine]]?)
 
  
In [[fanhistory]], a '''focal point''' is a [[fanzine]] or group considered central to a particular [[fannish]] era. In particular, in a [[numbered fandom]], the focal point is the [[zine]] that most exemplified and defined the period, the quintessential zine a [[fan]] had to read to be considered truly a part of the era. In post-numerical eras, [[conventions]] or online communities have sometimes been called "focal points," but this is a controversial usage.
 
  
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In [[fanhistory]], a '''focal point''' is a [[fanzine]], [[fan]] or group considered central to a particular [[fannish]] era. In particular, in a [[numbered fandom]], the focal point is the [[zine]] that most exemplified and defined the period, the quintessential zine a fan had to read to be considered truly a part of the era.
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In post-numerical eras, [[conventions]] or online communities have sometimes been called "focal points," but this is a controversial usage.
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Latest revision as of 09:51, 14 August 2023

(Did you mean the fanzine by Mike McInerney, Arnie Katz and rich brown?)


In fanhistory, a focal point is a fanzine, fan or group considered central to a particular fannish era. In particular, in a numbered fandom, the focal point is the zine that most exemplified and defined the period, the quintessential zine a fan had to read to be considered truly a part of the era.

In post-numerical eras, conventions or online communities have sometimes been called "focal points," but this is a controversial usage.



Fanspeak 1960s
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