unfannish
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unfannish (comparative more unfannish, superlative most unfannish)
- Not fannish.
- 1958, Ralph Merridette Holland, Ghu's Lexicon, Fanzine, page 9:
- It is considered unfannish to cater to the whims and desires of readers.
- 1959, Terry Carr, Ron Ellik (as Carl Brandon), “The Scarecrow”, in The BNF of Iz[1], archived from the original on 21 July 2013:
- I want to see the BNF anyway, so that I can get a new beanie. You know that beanies protect the fannish headbone from unfannish thoughts ... well, my beanie is so worn out that I'm afraid I'll turn into a non-fan if I don't look out.
- 1995 November 17, Ulrika, “Re: TAFF 1996”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom[2] (Usenet), message-ID <48j0sb$f4u@newsbf02.news.aol.com>:
- What, like the Croydon lot who run a Fannishness contest not unlike the Purity Tests? Well, tupp 'em all, I say. Besides, in some ways it would be *dreadfully* unfannish to stand for TAFF without ever having pubbed your ish. I think that ought to gain you a lot of points for creativity in your unfannishness.
- 2000, Daniel O'Mahony, “Re: Cornell pisses on R.A.D.W (again!)”, in rec.arts.drwho[3] (Usenet), message-ID <01bfeca5$db88d540$LocalHost@LineOne>:
- Compare Paul's review with Anthony Brown's piece on 'The Claws of Axos' run by DWB exactly a year earlier. Paul's review seems rather elliptical and unfannish whereas Anthony's - a real passionate hatchet job, also drawing on the fan-background of the period - is much more fan-traditionalist and analytical in approach, while still expressing unexpectedly radical viewpoints about Pertwee's sacred cow stories.
- 2009, Mike Resnick, ...Always a Fan, →ISBN, page 64:
- Wound up back at the Jim Baen's Universe suite, which seemed to be the only non-bidding suite open after 3:00—very unfannish, how early the parties kept shutting down—and visited with the Baeniacs for a couple of hours, then toddled off to bed just ahead of the sunrise, which is how you're supposed to do it at Worldcons.
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- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “unfannish adj.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.