Fans typically are interested in even minor details of the object ( s ) of their fandom and spend a significant portion of their time and energy involved with their interest, often as a part of a social network with particular practices ( a fandom ); this is what differentiates " fannish " ( fandom-affiliated ) fans from those with only a casual interest.

In science fiction, a large number of the practitioners and other professionals in the field, not only writers but editors and publishers, traditionally have themselves come from and participate in science fiction fandom, from Ray Bradbury to Harlan Ellison to Patrick Neilsen Hayden to Toni Weisskopf ; and the " fan " vs. " pro " dualism does not exist in the way it does in the media entertainment industry.

Originally only those fans who were known to have been active in fandom before the cutoff date, January 1, 1938, were eligible.

I thought it was brilliant satire, not only of Trek, but of fandom in general.

In Robert Bloch's 1956 short story " A Way Of Life ", science fiction fandom is the only institution to survive a nuclear holocaust and eventually becomes the basis for the reconstitution of civilization.

Fanzines enabled fans to write not only about science fiction but about fandom itself and, in soi disant perzine ( i. e. personal zine ), about themselves.

In 1953, he entered into correspondence with fan Jerry Bails, which initially focused on Bails ' fondness for the Justice Society and All-Star Comics, but ultimately became a friendship that not only informed and influenced the dawning of comics ' Silver Age, but also comics fandom, in which Bails played a key role.

The word is not only common in Japan, it is also used worldwide inside the fandom of Japanese media to describe sexual themes or undertones.

There is less femslash than there is slash based on male couples ; for example, in the Lord of the Rings fandom, only a small number of femslash stories are written about the Arwen / Éowyn pairing in comparison to slash between the male characters.

Number One's real name was never revealed in either " The Cage " or " The Menagerie "-to date, her only official on-screen appearances, and debate has raged in fandom for years as to whether she is even human.

However, the fandom not only interacts online in Internet forums, but also gathers at scholarly fan conventions, tours of iconic landmarks relevant to the books and production of the films, and parties held for the midnight release of each book and film.

It was decided that the only way forward was a new national organisation devoted to the serious study of science fiction but also carrying material in its publication about fandom, so that newcomers could go on to more personal involvement in fandom.

* abbreviating both names ( usually taking only the first letter of each, with additional letters used if necessary to avoid two or more couples in the same fandom sharing a name ) (" Ch1 / Ch2 ")

Each Gundam Force member had a variety of new forms they could achieve including one super secret form for each which could only be unlocked by a code ( the code was presented on a Japanese trading card and eventually filtered to the Western fandom ).

This has apparently backfired as Dan Didio revealed in an interview that so far only ten waffles have arrived so far, and expressed doubt that her fandom is really as strong as it appears.

When talking about science fiction fandom, Smith said that he was " shocked " about the fan response to his character, further stating that this could only be possible in a science fiction television series.

The bills were principally for hospitalization and doctors' fees during the last years of his life, and when he died he owed in the main only current doctor's bills.

It is one of the very few, if not the only surviving bridge of its type to serve a main artery of the U.S. highway system, thus it is far more than a relic of the horse and buggy days.

The main Asteroids game program uses only 6 KB of ROM code.

The entrants ranged from serious manufacturers like Peugeot, Panhard or De Dion to amateur owners, and only 25 were selected for the main race.

Traces of this hidden agenda of the city's history is found in the 18th century guidebooks to Aachen as well as to the other spas ; the main indication for visiting patients, ironically, was syphilis ; only by the end of the 19th century had rheuma become the most important object of cures at Aachen and Burtscheid.

Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in a typical weaver's cottage with only one main room consisting of half the ground floor which was shared with the neighboring weaver's family.

It was Maire Gullichsen who acted as the main client, and she worked closely not only with Alvar but also Aino Aalto on the design, inspiring them to be more daring in their work.

Along with the Bill of Rights 1689, it remains today one of the main constitutional laws governing the succession to not only the throne of the United Kingdom, but, following British colonialism, the resultant doctrine of reception, and independence, also to those of the other Commonwealth realms, whether by willing deference to the act as a British statute or as a patriated part of the particular realm's constitution.

In fact, Fitzmyer believes that the preface of Luke should only be “ the starting point in the discussion of the aim of Luke-Acts .” Because the author ’ s intended purpose for the Book of Acts is not that straightforward, scholars have put forth four main claims to address this.

The level of armour protection between AFVs varies greatly-a main battle tank will normally be designed to take hits from other tank guns and anti-tank missiles, whilst light reconnaissance vehicles are often only armoured " just in case ".

The largest transports can only carry one or two main battle tanks.

Some scholars contend that the most ancient and genuine story told of only four sons of Aeolus: Sisyphus, Athamas, Cretheus, and Salmoneus, as the representatives of the four main branches of the Aeolic race.

The main units were only sold bundled with a colour or monochrome monitor that doubles as the main unit's power supply.

Medicinal herbs are common in the whole country ; among the most popular are: chamomile, lanceleaf, boldo, poleo, peperina, carqueja, thyme, canchalagua, rue ( macho and hembra, that is, " male " and " female "), mallow, rosemary, passion flower, bira bira, palán palán, muña muña, to mention only the main ones.

Teaching and preaching are " the main, almost the only, activities of ministry.

British and American forces also deployed vehicles designed for a close support role, but these were conventional tanks whose only significant modification was the replacement of the main gun with a howitzer.

The monarchy continued to endow the Monastery of Alcobaça with further construction and 60 years later King Dinis built the main cloister but it was only in 1252 that the Monastery was inaugurated within the church.

) to main memory, perhaps only to be read right back again for use in the next operation.

According to the International Telecommunication Union, in 2004 there were only 479, 000 telephone subscribers in the country of nearly 11 million people, with. 061 main lines per 1000 inhabitants.

In 2005, there had been only 27, 000 main telephone lines in use.

The Liberal Democrats could point to steady progress under Charles Kennedy, gaining more seats than the main two parties – albeit only six overall – and maintaining the performance of a pleasing 1997 election, where the party doubled its number of seats from 20 to 46.

A number of biblical scholars suspect that the distinction of the Joseph tribes ( including Benjamin ) is that they were the only Israelites which went to Egypt and returned, while the main Israelite tribes simply emerged as a subculture from the Canaanites and had remained in Canaan throughout.

Other than Culloden, the only British ships seriously damaged in their hulls were Bellerophon, Majestic and Vanguard, while Bellerophon and Majestic were the only ships to lose masts: Majestic the main and mizzen and Bellerophon all three.

Sheeting cast from this material reportedly weighs only one-third as much as glass, is impervious to all kinds of weather, and will not yellow.

The remainder of the cast fulfilled its assignments no more than satisfactorily just as the old production and limited stage direction proved only serviceable.

Regina Resnik as Laura and Cesare Siepi as Alvise also were new to the cast, but only with respect to this season ; ;

Winning entirely on the strength of his support in the North and West, no ballots were cast for him in 10 of the 15 Southern slave states, and he won only two of 996 counties in all the Southern states.

The jury could only cast a ' yes ' or ' no ' vote as to the guilt and sentence of the defendant.

Many stars visible to the naked eye have such a low absolute magnitude that they would appear bright enough to cast shadows if they were only 10 parsecs from the Earth: Rigel (− 7. 0 ), Deneb (− 7. 2 ), Naos (− 6. 0 ), and Betelgeuse (− 5. 6 ).

Additional cast included Chip Zien, Ken Page, and Harvey Evans, the only original cast member to reprise his role.

Although Harry Brown's A Sound of Hunting had a run of only three weeks, Lancaster's performance drew the attention of a Hollywood agent, Harold Hecht, and through him to Hal Wallis, who cast Lancaster in The Killers ( 1946 ).

Laissez-faire advocates criticize the term as an ideologically motivated attempt to cast what is in their view the fundamental problem of government intervention or “ investments ” as an avoidable aberration ; free-market advocates refer to governmental favoritism as " crony socialism ", " venture socialism " or " corporatism, a modern form of mercantilism " to emphasize that the only way to run a profitable business in such systems is to have help from corrupt government officials.

Adams wrote, " There are laws of political as well as physical gravitation ; and if an apple severed by its native tree cannot choose but fall to the ground, Cuba, forcibly disjoined from its own unnatural connection with Spain, and incapable of self-support, can gravitate only towards the North American Union which by the same law of nature, cannot cast her off its bosom.

" Roache was the only remaining member of the original cast until Dennis Tanner ( Philip Lowrie ) returned on 12 May 2011, and is currently the longest-serving actor in Coronation Street and in British and global soap overall.

By May 1984, Ken Barlow stood as the only original cast member, after the departures of Ena Sharples ( in 1980 ), Annie Walker ( in 1983 ), Elsie Tanner ( in 1984 ) and Albert Tatlock ( also 1984 ).

Along with Martin Short, Billy Crystal and Harry Shearer, Guest was hired as a one-year only cast member for the 1984-85 season on NBC's Saturday Night Live.

" Creationists use the term Darwinism, often pejoratively, to imply that the theory has been held as true only by Darwin and a core group of his followers, whom they cast as dogmatic and inflexible in their belief.

Friedlander's mask was cast in hard latex, with only the mouth revealing Wisher's features ; make-up artist Sylvia James shaded the mask's tones and blackened Wisher's lips and teeth to hide the transition.

After pleading with the executives, Coppola was allowed to cast Brando only if he appeared in the film for much less salary than his previous films, perform a screen-test, and put up a bond saying that he would not cause a delay in the production ( as he had done on previous film sets ).

Lindow compares Fenrir's role to his father Loki and Fenrir's brother Jörmungandr, in that they all spend time with the gods, are bound or cast out by them, return " at the end of the current mythic order to destroy them, only to be destroyed himself as a younger generation of gods, one of them his slayer, survives into the new world order.

Capra, with the help of a cameraman he knew, made the film in two days and cast it with only amateurs.

The only thing I wish they had done was cast me in it, and have me play a freaky fanboy who keeps screaming at the actor who played " the kid " about how awful it was that there was a kid on the spaceship.

Under the Golden Bull, a majority of electors sufficed to elect a king, and each elector could cast only one vote.

These other metals and their alloys can be cold-worked, or melted in simple pottery kilns and cast in molds ; but smelted iron requires hot-working and can be melted only in specially designed furnaces.

They wanted to cast me in the role of spokesman for my generation, especially for those who had survived the war ; but for me survival was an individual action that earned the survivor the right to speak only for himself.

King carried only Connecticut, Delaware, and Massachusetts and won only 34 of 217 electoral votes cast.