science fictioneer n.
a writer or aficionado of science fiction
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1936
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Leinster is a writer first, a science-fictioneer, second. As a result he never loses sight of that fundamental to successful writing—the story.
Letter in Astounding Stories Nov. 155/2 -
1938 Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb. 88/1
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Apparently Wells will never return to the kind of tales which first made his fame. A great science fictioneer has become a dull and prosy preacher.
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1939 Amazing Stories Dec. 131/1
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It attracted visitors from both ends of the nation—attesting to the persistent popularity of the oldest amazing story in our adopted religious folklore recorded by that pioneer science fictioneer, Moses.
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1940 Looking Forward in Thrilling Wonder Stories Nov. 8/1 (editorial)
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We wonder how you science-fictioneers would have greeted the theorists of the year 600!
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1941 Join the League in Thrilling Wonder Stories Jan. 122 (editorial)
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You're not a full-fledged scientifiction fan unless you own a membership card in the Science Fiction League. Thousands of science-fictioneers the world over belong to this active, international organization devoted to fantasy fans' fraternization.
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1946
Forrest J. Ackerman
The 4th World Science-Fiction Convention, first full-scale meeting of science-fictioneers since 1941, will be held in Los Angeles on July 4-5-6-7.
in Astounding Science-Fiction May 93/1
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1960 Fantastic May 35
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In future issues, Mr. Moskowitz will analyze the ideas, skills and contributions of such outstanding men as Stapledon, Capek, Gernsback, M. P. Shiel, H. F. Heard, and Philip Wylie (whose exploits as a science-fictioneer are overshadowed by his exploits as a professional nose-thumber).
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1994 Interzone Apr. 64/2
Science-fictioneers such as Robert Sheckley, Joe Haldeman and Frederik Pohl.
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2016
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James Lovegrove
I have volunteered to write a 750-word review of it for the Financial Times. As that newspaper’s tame science fictioneer…I am unquestionably the man for the job.
Worth the Weight? in SFX (#279) Nov. 39
Research requirements
antedating 1936
Earliest cite
letter to Astounding
Research History
Fred Galvin submitted a 1946 cite from a letter by Forrest Ackerman in Astounding.Jeff Prucher submitted a 1941 cite from editorial material in Thrilling Wonder.
Mike Christie submitted a November 1940 cite from editorial material in Thrilling Wonder Stories.
Bill Mullins submitted a 1939 cite from Amazing.
Fred Galvin submitted a 1938 cite from Thrilling Wonder Stories.
Jesse Sheidlower submitted a 1936 cite from a letter to Astounding.
Earliest cite in the OED: 1959.
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