- Look up
sercon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In
science fiction,
sercon is "serious and constructive" criticism,
often published as
science fiction...
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founder of the
Mythopoeic Society.
Early issues were fanzines,
albeit with a "
sercon" ("serious and constructive") bent; for a time it
included alternate issues...
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instances used the
spelling "relaxicon."
Relaxacons are
often contrasted with
Sercon conventions, ones (purportedly)
devoted solely to
serious constructive discussion...
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continued since then.
During the 1970s and 1980s, some fanzines—especially
sercon (serious and constructive)
zines devoted to
science fiction and fantasy...
- (English)
Official website of the
Eurasian Economic Commission (Russian)
SERCONS - EAC/TRCU
Accredited Certification Body in
Russia NCCenter - EAC/TRCU...
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fanzines had
their beginnings in
Serious &
Constructive (later
shortened to
sercon) correspondence. The fans
would start up
clubs to ease
finding others with...
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publication between 1987 and 2002. Nova Express,
established in 1987, was a
sercon fanzine with a
focus on
written science fiction,
featuring interviews, reviews...
- Ebert,
Roger (2004). "Thought Experiments: How Propeller-Heads, BNFs,
Sercon G****s, Newbies,
Recovering GAFIAtors, and Kids in the Ba****ts Invented...
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Cambridge University Press. p. 61. Rob Latham. "Fanzine Research: Some
Sercon Musings".
Science Fiction Studies. 31 (3): 487–497. Koontz, Dean. "Way Station"...
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about socializing within the fan community; this is
quite different from "
sercon" (SERious
CONstructive discussion of science-fiction topics) conventions...
