Fantasy fandom

Harry Potter fans dressed up in replica robes of Minerva McGonagall, Harry Potter and Severus Snape.

Fantasy fandom is a fandom and commonality of fans of the fantasy genre.^[1]

It revolves around popular media franchises belonging to the fantasy genre^[2] and can include collective fan works of these fantasy franchises and events that celebrate franchises of the genre^[3] as well as characters belonging to that genre.^[4]

Examples of fan clubs devoted to stories and franchises of fantasy and include Disneyana fanclub,^[5] and The Tolkien Society in appreciation of works by J. R. R. Tolkien.^[6]

In more recent times, the development of the Internet has also taken fandom communities online.^[7]

See also

• Fantasy Fan, the first American magazine in the genre of fantasy and weird fiction.
• World Fantasy Convention
• Tolkien fandom
• Harry Potter fandom
• Shrek fandom
• Science fiction fandom
• Furry fandom
• Lovecraft fandom

References

1. "How Long Will Our Fascination With the Fantasy Genre Last?". Kaitlyn Fajilan. Highbrow Magazine. 23 January 2014.
2. Michael A. Cramer (2010). Medieval Fantasy as Performance: The Society for Creative Anachronism and the Current Middle Ages. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-6995-0.
3. "Fandom and Creativity".
4. Lisa A. Lewis (11 September 2002). The Adoring Audience: Fan Culture and Popular Media. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-89918-0.
5. "Disneyana Fan Club - preserving and sharing the rich legacy of Walt Disney".
6. Michael D. C. Drout (2007). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-96942-0.
7. Kristina Busse (16 June 2006). Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5496-9.

External links

• The Communication of Fan Culture: The Impact of New Media on Science Fiction and Fantasy Fandom Georgia Institute of Technology