neofan n.
a newly recruited or newly active fan
Fancyclopedia
SF Fandom
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1944 in Midge (#3) 2
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Laney and Ron Clyne spent Sunday December 26 visiting author Albert DePina and neofan June Harris.
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1950
COMING NEXT ISH: A department devoted to the BNF of tomorrow. 'Twill be the neofan of today who is the Tucker or Laney of tomorrow.
Chaos in Quandry Oct. 5 -
1956
Robert Bloch
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Anyone who dips into an assortment of typical fanzines will find a bewildering array of neologisms and โrunning gags.โ He will learn the distinction between acti-fans (a portmanteau word which means just what you might suspect) and fake-fans (a term of mild contempt directed at those harmless parasites who hang around the fringes, reading but never writing for fanzines, attending conventions but seldom participating in the program or in the social activities). He will also encounter the neo-fan (a newcomer to the field) and the insurgents (the fun-loving crowd, who often delight in baiting those who take their hobby more seriously).
Some of Best Fans are Friends in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Sept. 55/2 -
1959
Dick Eney
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Since then it has been an open secret and Jacob Edwards has been used by various fen as a serconfanfiction character, usually as a good-natured neofan.
Fancyclopedia II 50 -
1962
Donald Franson
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Neofan, Neo, new fan, usually only such for a few months.
Key to the Terminology of Science-Fiction Fandom 9 -
1977
I was a neofan, trying hard to be a real published fan, and Ginjerโs account of WPSFAโs descent on the Baycon made me fell that I'd been there too.
Propellor Beanie in Algol Spring 43/1 -
1988
Sharyn McCrumb
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I heard a couple of neofans boasting that they were going to have breakfast with him!
Bimbos of Death Sun vii. 82 -
1991
Larry Niven
Michael F. Flynn
Jerry Pournelle
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โI just dropped in recently.โ A neofan, then.
Fallen Angels 91 -
2014
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Karen Anderson
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Fewer than 1,000 were present, and it was easy for writer or neofan to talk to leading editors and prominent writers: John W. Campbell, Anthony Boucher, Willy Ley, L. Sprague de Camp, Robert Bloch.
Living and Working with Poul Anderson in Multiverse 93
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antedating 1944
Research History
Bill Mullins submitted a 1950 cite from "Chaos" by Lee Hoffman.Malcolm Farmer submitted a 1977 cite from a column by Susan Wood, 'Propellor Beanie'.
Fred Galvin submitted a 1956 cite from an article by Robert Bloch, "Some of my Best Fans Are Friends"
Fred Galvin submitted a 1959 cite from Dick Eney's "Fancyclopedia II".
Ben Ostrowsky submitted a 2014 cite from Karen Anderson.
Ben Ostrowsky submitted a 1944 cite from the fanzine Midge.
In addition to antedatings, we would like to see further cites of any date.
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