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A Tale of Two Natcons




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A Tale of Two Natcons
   

In the early 90's the media Natcon was going gangbusters (300-400+ attendees), the lit Natcon was dying with a slowly decreasing (around 200) and aging membership. With the success of a couple of joint media/lit Natcons, it was suggested that Australia's population was so small the two cons should be joined. It would mean a bigger overall Natcon with a larger budget. Everyone would win. The media fans had no reason to do this. Their Natcon was doing fine. The only reason they did it was out of... read more



Tags: serious thoughts perception shift fandom conventions

Published : 2 years, 8 months ago (Sun, 31 May 2009 17:41:53 PDT)
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Two Fandoms both alike in dignity..
   

Two posts I read today, both about "book" fandom versus "media" fandom but actually talking about somewhat different things: A Tale of Two Natcons about fights internal to Australian con fandom between people into writing and books, and people into tv/movies. Admitting Impediments: Post-WisCon Posts, Part I, or, That Post I Never Made About RaceFail '09 about (amongst other things) the cultural differences between con-going meatspace fandom and internet based fanfic fandom. Since I've been...
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Tags: fanfic thinky cons asff links fandom

Published : 2 years, 8 months ago (Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:23:58 PDT)
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