Eofandom

English

Etymology

Coined by Jack Speer. Perhaps related to eolithic.

Noun

Eofandom (uncountable)

1. (dated, fandom slang) The earliest period of science fiction fandom (1930–1933).
   • 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II‎^[1], Numerical Fandoms:

     Eofandom, from about 1930 to 1933, existed before fandom became an entity; generally comprised of folk with no sense of group existence whose interests were in collecting stf and scientificomics, and who eagerly hunted down any items with any sort of stfnal significance. Such fanzines as Science Fiction Digest and The Comet were the mags of the day. Primitive trilobites crawled about on the ocean floor. Letter-writing was a major activity, and stfnists depended on hcs of the past as much as, or more than, prozines for sustenance.

   • 1966 November, Bob Tucker, “How I Plotted To Get DAG Flang”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly‎^[2], number 4, page 10:

     The Grennells were making their first visit to the home of the Scion of Eofandom in ten years, having last visited here in 1955 while the house was being built.

   • 2009 November, John Purcell, “From the Hinterlands”, in Askance‎^[3], volume 3, number 5 (whole number #17), page 21:

     A Fan History Lounge would be a great way to educate modern-day fans about Eofandom, fanac during World War II, and so on.

Meronyms

• eofan