Science fiction fandomScience fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community or fandom of people interested in science fiction in contact with one another based upon that interest. SF fandom has a life of its own, but not much in the way of formal organization (although formal clubs such as the Futurians (1937–1945) and the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (1934–present) are recognized examples of organized fandom).
Jordin KareJordin T. Kare (October 24, 1956 – July 19, 2017) was an American physicist and aerospace engineer who researched laser propulsion. He was responsible for Mockingbird, a conceptual design for an extremely small (75 kg dry mass) reusable launch vehicle, and was involved in the Clementine lunar mapping mission. Kare also conceived the SailBeam interstellar propulsion technique.
Barry and Sally Childs-HeltonBarry Childs-Helton at Ohio Valley Filk Fest 2009 Sally Childs-Helton at Ohio Valley Filk Fest 2009 Barry and Sally Childs-Helton are a husband-and-wife duo of filk performers based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Barry is a guitarist and songwriter, while Sally is a percussionist (and Music for People improvisation teacher). Their repertoire ranges from parodies to lyrically dense "space music," incorporating diverse musical genres including folk, blues, rock, and jazz.
EthnomusicologyStudy of the cultural aspects of musicJaap Kunst, early ethnomusicologist and creator of the term 'ethno-musicology', plays the Indonesian triton, next to other traditional Indonesian instruments.Ethnomusicology is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context. The discipline investigates social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions.
Parody musicParody music, or musical parody, involves changing or copying existing (usually well known) musical ideas, and/or lyrics, or copying the particular style of a composer or performer, or even a general style of music.Speculative fictionSpeculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other highly imaginative realms or beings.
Amateur press associationAn amateur press association (APA) is a group of people engaged in amateur journalism who produce individual pages or zines that are sent to a Central Mailer for collation and distribution to all members of the group. They began in the late 19th century. HistoryThe first APAs were formed by groups of amateur printers.
Typographical errorA typographical error (often shortened to typo), also called a misprint, is a spelling or transposition mistake made in the typing of printed or electronic material. Historically, this referred to mistakes in manual typesetting. The term is used of errors caused by mechanical failure or miskeying. Before the arrival of printing, the copyist's mistake or scribal error was the equivalent for manuscripts.
Sing Out!Sing Out! was a quarterly journal of folk music and folk songs that was published from May 1950 through spring 2014. It was originally based in New York City, with a national circulation of approximately 10,000 by 1960. BackgroundSing Out! was the primary publication of the tax exemptnot-for-profit educational corporation of the same name.
ComputerProgrammable machine that processes dataComputers and computing devices from different eras—left to right, top to bottom: Early vacuum-tube computer (ENIAC)Mainframe computer (IBM System/360)Smartphone (LYF Water 2)Desktop computer (IBM ThinkCentre S50 with monitor)Supercomputer (IBM Summit)A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation).
Fan laborFan labor, also called fan works, are the creative activities engaged in by fans, primarily those of various media properties or musical groups. These activities can include creation of written works (fiction, fan fiction and review literature), visual or computer-assisted art, films and videos, animations, games, music, or applied arts and costuming.
United States Postal Inspection ServiceThe United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) is the federal law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service. It supports and protects the United States Postal Service, its employees, infrastructure, and customers by enforcing the laws that defend the United States' mail system from illegal or dangerous use. Its jurisdiction covers any crimes that may adversely affect or fraudulently use the United States Mail, the postal system, or postal employees.Underground cultureUnderground culture, or simply underground, is a term to describe various alternative cultures which either consider themselves different from the mainstream of society and culture, or are considered so by others. The word "underground" is used because there is a history of resistance movements under harsh regimes where the term underground was employed to refer to the necessary secrecy of the resisters.
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