gafiation n.
the state of having quit fandom; cf. gafia n. 2
Fancyclopedia
SF Fandom
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1959
Dick Eney
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It was alleged that it folded with the gafiation of Keasler, Vick, and Leeh (especially) and the corresponding lapse of their fanzines.
Fancyclopedia II 61 -
1969
The average age of fans probably advanced with the progress of the decade, because many fans remained active right through it, to counterbalance the rejuvenation created by the gafiation of older fans and the appearance of neofans.
All our Yesterdays 25 -
1975
James E. Gunn
Degafiate—To resume fanac after gafiation.
Alternate Worlds 182 -
1977
Trufen reprint Walt Willis columns; superfan Hughes recently printed a new Willis column presenting the Irish Legend’s return to fandom, at the 1976 Eastercon, after an 11-year gafiation.
Propellor Beanie in Algol Spring 43/1 -
1982
David G. Hartwell
It is possible to return to fandom after an extended period of gafiation; but of course many gafiates are never heard from again.
The Golden Age of Science Fiction is Twelve in Top of News (1982, issue number unknown) 163 -
2003
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Joe Haldeman
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To the best of my knowledge, no one has yet tried to explain the movie through the obscure mythology of science-fiction fandom, where a ‘neo’ is someone who has been touched by the magic of the thing but has yet to learn its language and tropes—the dirty pros and smofs, the power of fiawol and the dread of gafiation.
Matrix As Sci-Fi in Exploring Matrix 179
Research requirements
antedating 1959
Earliest cite
R. Eney 'Fancyclopedia II'
Research History
Jeff Prucher submitted a 1984 cite from David Hartwell's "Age of Wonder".Jeff Prucher submitted a 1975 cite from James Gunn's "Alternate Worlds", which quoted Harry Warner, Jr.'s book "All Our Yesterdays"; Fred Galvin submitted cites from the 1969 publication of "All Our Yesterdays".
Fred Galvin submitted cites from the 1959 "Fancyclopedia II" by Dick Eney.
Malcolm Farmer submitted a 1977 cite from a column by Susan Wood, 'Propellor Beanie'.
Bee Ostrowsky submitted a 2003 cite from Joe Haldeman.
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