There can be, but there's also no useful continuity between your generation and the teenagers of today. Have you seen the various icons around LJ talking about "My Fandom [this]" and "My Fandom [that]"? There's entire communities devoted to what people call "their fandom." There's even a social construct called "The Fandom," though I confess I do not know what The Fandom is, I think that one might be about Harry Potter.
In part, the old original SF fandom you and I are part of did it to themselves, taking their conventions and con-running much too seriously, and closing off that entrance point for younger fans.
Another piece of this is the fragmentation of various sub-interests within the old guard of fandom: filk, costuming, and gaming don't need SF fandom to survive.
But in larger part, movies and television fragmented the audence into small pockets of devotees, whose focus of interest is Xena Warrior Princess or the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki.
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Date: 2007-02-14 09:13 pm (UTC)In part, the old original SF fandom you and I are part of did it to themselves, taking their conventions and con-running much too seriously, and closing off that entrance point for younger fans.
Another piece of this is the fragmentation of various sub-interests within the old guard of fandom: filk, costuming, and gaming don't need SF fandom to survive.
But in larger part, movies and television fragmented the audence into small pockets of devotees, whose focus of interest is Xena Warrior Princess or the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki.
K.