Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 02:25:08 GMT




>The basic difference is:  A reader reads.  A fan associates with other
>fans within the subculture called fandom.  ("Fandom" by this time is like
>"The City" -- it means different things to different people.... What Gary
>Farber is talking about is written-sf fandom.)
>
>What you have to do is associate with other fans at club meetings or less
>formal gatherings below convention-size, often enough that people remember
>who you are; or participate in some way in fanzines and/or in fannish apas
>(Amateur Press Associations).


Dan Goodman...You are The Man!  Thanks for clearing this up.  I AM A
FAN!   i associate with other Fans.   In fact, I associate with a
number of different Kinds of Fans.
   Now, if we could just get more Ladies involved.  Not that I am
trying to pick them up.....I just want them involved.



James Morrow

The Fan!

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