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(dated, fandom slang) A brief search of a publication for one's name..
*blush* I peek my nose in to r.a.sf.f for the first time in ages, and get a BINGO on the egoscan! Wowie zowie!
Nice to see my article on running into all the wonderful Vegans down in LA. I must admit to doing an egoscan to see how it turned out, and of course, it was wonderfully done.
Egoscan: To check through a fanzine for references [...] concerning oneself.
Every now and then I egoscan, as more and more people have been asking my permission to use excerpts from my reviews in their letters column.
Bit disappointed by the lack of mention in this issue. I haven't actually read any issue of Broken Toys since my own letter in #2 (the rest remains on my 'to be read' shelf, which I have only recently realized is short for "to be read when I retire") but thanks to the wonders of the "find" command, took the liberty of egoscanning the last ten issues and did not find myself mentioned once.
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Egoscan means (dated, fandom slang) A brief search of a publication for one's name..
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*blush* I peek my nose in to r.a.sf.f for the first time in ages, and get a BINGO on the egoscan! Wowie zowie!
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