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sir_guinglain) wrote2009-06-04 10:48 am
sir_guinglain) wrote2009-06-04 10:48 am
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Moments of minor cultural significance
This morning on Radio 4, I heard the nineteenth-century followers of Jane Austen referred to as a "fandom" in Book of the Week: Jane's Fame. That the reader was Star Trek: First Contact's Borg Queen, Alice Krige, added a little to the effect. It's probably been some time since 'fandom' left the SF ghetto, but I first encountered it in a list of SF fan jargon and it still surprises me to hear it outside that context.
Meanwhile, The Sun has tagged Gordon Brown's enemies, co-ordinating their activities through an anonymous Hotmail account, as cybermen, though the use of 'delete' suggests that they are of Cybus vintage rather than the 'silver giants' of yore.
Meanwhile, The Sun has tagged Gordon Brown's enemies, co-ordinating their activities through an anonymous Hotmail account, as cybermen, though the use of 'delete' suggests that they are of Cybus vintage rather than the 'silver giants' of yore.