Science fiction culture
Explores the science fiction community and its relationships with the industries that sustain it, including the publishing, computer, and hotel/convention industries, and explores the issue of power in those relationships: Who seems to have it? Who does have it? How do they use it? What are the results of that use?
Print Book, Undefined, cop. 2000
University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, cop. 2000
317 p. ; 24 cm.
9780812215304, 0812215303
1000540784
1 IntroductionPART I. CREATING THE LANDSCAPE2 The Secret Masters of Fandom3 Worldcon: Mobile Geography in Real Time4 The Cyberscape: GEnie and the Rise of the InternetPART II. NEW GROUPS CHANGE THE FACE OF THE GENRES5 The Women Were Always Here: The Obligatory History Lesson6 Women in Science Fiction: The Backlash and Beyond7 Gay and Lesbian Presence in Science Fiction8 Youth Culture9 Sexual Identity and FandomPART III. IT ALL COMES TOGETHER IN THE FICTION10 From Fan to Pro: Getting Published11 Best-Sellers, Short Fiction, and Niches12 Laboring in the Fields of Cultural ProductionAppendix: Bulletin Boards, E-Mail, and UsenetNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments
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