science-fiction fandom

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science-fiction fandom - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  science-fiction fandom
   n.
  
     Another voluntary subculture having a very heavy overlap with
     hackerdom; most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly, and
     many go to `cons' (SF conventions) or are involved in
  fandom-connected
     activities such as the Society for Creative Anachronism. Some hacker
     jargon originated in SF fandom; see defenestration, great-wall,
     cyberpunk, h, ha ha only serious, IMHO, mundane,
     neep-neep, Real Soon Now. Additionally, the jargon terms
  cowboy,
     cyberspace, de-rezz, go flatline, ice, phage, virus,
     wetware, wirehead, and worm originated in SF stories.