Litfen vs Litfan - What's the difference?
litfen | litfan |
(fandom slang) A science fiction fan primarily interested in written science fiction.
* {{quote-usenet
, year = 1994
, monthday = November 13
, author = Laurie Mann
, email =
, title = Re: Do we need rec.arts.sf.fandom.media?
, id = 3a51lf$83p@terrazzo.lm.com
, group = rec.arts.sf.fandom
, url = http://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.sf.fandom/dygBFrrByII/hkvDGcyeVzkJ
}}
* {{quote-usenet
, year = 2001
, monthday = Aug 17
, author = Chris Croughton
, email =
, title = Re: Any thoughts appreciated.
, id = slrn9nqri2.651.chris@ccserver.keris.net
, group = uk.people.sf-fans
, url = http://groups.google.com/d/msg/uk.people.sf-fans/F0Lj1OZDGZE/aH4bESigNloJ
}}
* {{quote-magazine
, year = 2014
, date = January
, first = Neil
, last = Williams
, magazine = Space Cadet
, url = http://www.efanzines.com/SpaceCadet/SpaceCadet25.pdf
, title = Letters of Comment
, volume = 12
, issue = 1 (whole number 25)
, page = 7
, passage = Point is we weren't a pack of "mediafen barbarians", we were real, live, young litfans (and hardly any of us read any fantasy, were SF fans); but we were from the burbs and we were unfannish.
}}
As nouns the difference between litfen and litfan
is that litfen is while litfan is (fandom slang) a science fiction fan primarily interested in written science fiction.litfan
English
Noun
(en-noun)- There's certainly some overlap between litfen and mediafen, but there's also a distinctly different audience of mediafen, who may never look at this group.
- Personally, I was apalled(sic) at the divisions I saw within Star Trek fandom, where people wearing "Original Series" uniforms were sneered at far worse than I've seen from 'trufans', and the way some media fans sneer at others for watching the "wrong shows". Forget 'litfen' versus 'meejafen', the mediafen seem to be their own worst enemies.