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Fantasy fandom is a fandom and commonality of fans of the fantasy genre. It revolves around popular media franchises belonging to the fantasy genre and can include collective fan works of these fantasy franchises and events that celebrate franchises of the genre as well as characters belonging to that genre.

Examples of fan clubs devoted to stories and franchises of fantasy and include Disneyana fanclub, and The Tolkien Society in appreciation of works by J. R. R. Tolkien. Fandom communities also exist on the Internet.

See also

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

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