Meaning of neofan | Babel Free

Definitions

A newcomer to science fiction; a fan who is extremely new and inexperienced with the genre; a beginner.

dated, slang

Examples

“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. So QUANDRY, the BNZ of tomorrow, will bring⟳ you biografies^([sic]) of lesser known fen.”

“I heard a couple of neofans boasting that they were going to have⟳ breakfast with him!”

“Huzzah! Hopefully we'll get⟳ some fans, neo-fans and even fanlings to join⟳ us.”

“For a while there, if three fans were swapping apazines, it’s a good bet⟳ that I was one of them. Not that I set⟳ a record⟳ for number⟳ of apas. Bruce Pelz, Robert Lichtman and a few other fans had made “omniapan-ism” fashionable among impressionable neofen like⟳ me. Bruce was not only in a lot of groups, but it seemed like⟳ he was Official Editor of half of them.”

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