fanac
noun/ˈfæn.æk/
Etymology Shortened fan + activity.
- This, however, is only part of the story—just as fanzines and fan activity (Fanac) are only a part of the totality which is fandom.1956 September, Robert Bloch, “Some of Best Fans are Friends”, in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume 11, number 3, page 57:
- It must be emphasised that this was genuinely a 'historical' action; letter-writing to the prozines is currently a discouraged area of fanac.1977, Brian Ash, The Visual encyclopedia of science fiction, Harmony Books, page 274:
1 more example
- The advent of the computer and the modem means that an increasingly large number of fans indulge in most of their fanac online.2002, Mike Resnick, Once a Fan..., Wildside Press LLC, page 274: