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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Terminology 3 Timeline 3.1 1988 3.2 1989 3.3 1991 3.4 2002 3.5 2003 3.6 2004 3.7 2005 3.8 2006 3.9 2007 4 Kerfluffles 5 Influential Fanworks 6 Fandom Members 7 Fandom Size 8 External Links 9 See also 10 Sources

[edit] Introduction

Alien Nation was in its first run on American television from 1989 to 1990 on Fox.

[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.

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[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.

[edit] 1988

• On October 7, 1988, the movie Alien Nation premiered in theaters in the United States. [1]

[edit] 1989

• On January 12, 1989, the movie Alien Nation premiered in theaters in West Germany. [2]
• On February 2, 1989, the movie Alien Nation premiered in theaters in Australia. [3]
• On February 3, 1989, the movie Alien Nation premiered in theaters in Sweden. [4]
• On February 8, 1989, the movie Alien Nation premiered in theaters in France. [5]
• On February 24, 1989, the movie Alien Nation premiered in theaters in Finland. [6]
• On September 18, 1989, Alien Nation premiered on television in the United States. [7]

[edit] 1991

• On January 3, 1991, Alien Nation premiered on television in West Germany. [8]

[edit] 2002

• On February 3, 2002, Please, don't hurt me by cousin D became the first Alien Nation story published on FanFiction.Net. [9][10]

[edit] 2003

• On March 9, 2003, the mailing list Mislan was created. [11]

[edit] 2004

• On [April 4]], 2004, an article about Alien Nation, the television show, was created on Wikipedia. [12]

[edit] 2005

• On January 19, 2005, the mailing list Alien-Nation was created. [13]

[edit] 2006

• On April 15, 2006, The Day of Descent - Cathy's Story by Morgan became the first Alien Nation story published on Creative Imperative Fiction. [14]

[edit] 2007

• On January 10, 2007, a Dutch language article about Alien Nation was created on Wikipedia. [15]
• On March 25, 2007, a German language article about Alien Nation, the television series, was created on Wikipedia. [16]
• On August 8, 2007, junkfood_monkey posted a rant about Alien Nation on fanficrants saying, in part, "Good grief, there's only 10 fics in the section and 4 of them don't belong! It's a shame because it was a nifty little show while it was on, lots of guy hugging and crying and canon mpreg. But just because it's kind of a dead fandom that's no reason to abuse its Pit section. Get thee to fictionpress!" [17]
• On November 1, 2007, the MySpace group aliennationwillrule was created. [18]

[edit] Kerfluffles

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[edit] Influential Fanworks

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[edit] Fandom Members

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[edit] Fandom Size

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[edit] External Links

• Alien Nation: EPGuides.com
• Alien Nation: FanLib
• Alien Nation: FanWorksFinder
• Alien Nation: IMDB
• Alien Nation: TV.Com
• Alien Nation

[edit] See also

• Alien Nation fanzines

[edit] Sources

Below is a partial list of articles and academic sources to help you continue to learn about this community.

• Jenkins, Henry. Textual Poachers Television Fans & Participatory Culture. New York: Routledge, 1992.

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