Editing Science fiction (section)

===Fandom and fanzines===
{{Main|Science fiction fandom|Science-fiction fanzine}}

[[Science fiction fandom]] emerged from the [[Comic book letter column|letters column]] in ''[[Amazing Stories]]'' [[magazine]]. Soon fans began writing [[Letter (message)|letters]] to each other, and then grouping their comments together in informal [[publication]]s that became known as fanzines.<ref name="fanzine history"/> Once in regular contact, fans wanted to meet each other and organized local clubs.<ref name="fanzine history" /><ref name="fancyclopedia con" /> In the 1930s, the first [[science fiction conventions]] gathered fans from a wider area.<ref name="fancyclopedia con"/>

The earliest organized online [[fandom]] was the SF Lovers Community, originally a [[mailing list]] in the late 1970s with a text [[File archiver|archive file]] that was updated regularly.<ref name="sf-lovers hist" /> In the 1980s, [[Usenet]] groups greatly expanded the circle of fans [[Online and offline|online]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dcinthe80s.com/2016/03/usenet-fandom-crisis-on-infinite-earths.html|title=Usenet Fandom – Crisis on Infinite Earths|access-date=5 April 2019|archive-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025092801/http://www.dcinthe80s.com/2016/03/usenet-fandom-crisis-on-infinite-earths.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1990s, the development of the [[World-Wide Web]] increased the [[community]] of online fandom by of [[website]]s devoted to science fiction and related [[genre]]s for all media.<ref name="fan clubhouse" />{{not in source|date=January 2025}}

The first [[Science-fiction fanzine|science fiction fanzine]], ''[[The Comet (fanzine)|The Comet]]'', was published in 1930 by the Science Correspondence Club in Chicago, Illinois.<ref name="first fanzine" /><ref>{{Citation|last1=Latham|first1=Rob|title=Fandom|date=1 November 2014|work=The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-983884-4|last2=Mendlesohn|first2=Farah|doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199838844.013.0006}}</ref> One of the best known fanzines today is ''[[Ansible (magazine)|Ansible]]'', [[Editing|edited]] by [[David Langford]], winner of numerous [[Hugo Award|Hugo awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.ansible.uk/|title=Ansible Home/Links|website=news.ansible.uk|access-date=5 April 2019|archive-date=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329164219/https://news.ansible.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fanzine|title=Culture : Fanzine : SFE: Science Fiction Encyclopedia|website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com|access-date=5 April 2019|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326213435/http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fanzine|url-status=live}}</ref> Other notable fanzines to win one or more Hugo awards include ''[[File 770]]'', ''[[Mimosa (magazine)|Mimosa]]'', and ''[[Plokta]]''.<ref name="The Hugo Awards-2007">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/|title=Hugo Awards by Year|date=19 July 2007|website=The Hugo Awards|language=en-US|access-date=5 April 2019|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402221314/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Artist]]s working for fanzines have frequently risen to prominence in the field, including [[Brad W. Foster]], [[Teddy Harvia]], and Joe Mayhew; the [[Hugo Award|Hugos]] include a category for [[Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist|Best Fan Artists]].<ref name="The Hugo Awards-2007" />{{clear}}