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/ˈfæn.æk/ · noun
(dated, fandom slang) The activity of fans, particularly of science fiction..
This, however, is only part of the story—just as fanzines and fan activity (Fanac) are only a part of the totality which is fandom.
It must be emphasised that this was genuinely a 'historical' action; letter-writing to the prozines is currently a discouraged area of fanac.
The advent of the computer and the modem means that an increasingly large number of fans indulge in most of their fanac online.
Use fanac when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fanac means (dated, fandom slang) The activity of fans, particularly of science fiction..
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This, however, is only part of the story—just as fanzines and fan activity (Fanac) are only a part of the totality which is fandom.
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