Jack Speer
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| completism n. | 1944 Fancyclopedia 13/1 A novel type of completism is Rothman’s record and determination of attending every major convention held in this country. |
| mundane n. 1 | 1943 Items From My Scrapbooks in Sustaining Program Fall 10 And finally, as you’ve mentioned, some hack stories, like gotta-fix-the-spaceship’s [sic], are not dressed-up mundanes, even if they do stink. |
| mundane adj. 1 | 1938 A Fan Goes to Washington Episode II in The Meteor Fall 3 I found some difficulty in making clear to him the difference between the status of the FAPA and the mundane APA’s—National, United, and American. |
| promag n. | 1937 Collectors in Science Fiction Collector (vol. 3, iss. 5) Sept.–Oct. 11/2 Walter H. Gillings you all know of—first British columnist to pan an American fan mag (Fantasy), editor-owner of SCIENTIFICTION already making a name for itself as the finest printed mag in the world, and also the new editor of TALES OF WONDER promag, Britain’s first serious attempt at regular science fiction. |
| sfnal adj. | 1938 Letter in Amazing Stories Oct. 136/1 BoBloch’s first sfnal effort wasn’t so turribly [sic] good. However, I expect him to improve in time. |
| slan shack n. | 1943 Matters of Opinion (#13) 13 Mar. (unpaged) The homeland: This is impracticable in fandom now. The nearest thing we have to it is the desire for club rooms, in LA, the Slan Shack proposed for Battle Creek, Decker Indiana, the PSFS apartment, Futurian House, the Flat, etc. |
| stfandom n. | 1938 Letter in Science Fiction News Letter (#47) 22 Oct. 2 I am prepared to support, with a quotation from one of Michel’s letters, the statement of Master Moskowitz that the CPASF is the Communist Party's representative in stfandom, trying to turns us all into YCs; provided the aforementioned Mister Michel will give his permission. |