I read some science fiction, but I don't consider myself a fan. There's some divide there, similar to the divide between "I like to watch baseball games" and "I'm a baseball fan". That divide, I guess, is between enjoying an activity, and enjoying the culture surrounding the activity and having a feeling of belonging with others who enjoy that culture. So I guess I think of science fiction fandom as what people belong to when they like science fiction AND the culture surrounding the reading(/watching/whatevering) of science fiction.
(Not a member of any fandoms, so I skipped the rest.)
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I read some science fiction, but I don't consider myself a fan. There's some divide there, similar to the divide between "I like to watch baseball games" and "I'm a baseball fan". That divide, I guess, is between enjoying an activity, and enjoying the culture surrounding the activity and having a feeling of belonging with others who enjoy that culture. So I guess I think of science fiction fandom as what people belong to when they like science fiction AND the culture surrounding the reading(/watching/whatevering) of science fiction.
(Not a member of any fandoms, so I skipped the rest.)