Battlestar Galactica
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[edit] Introduction
The original Battlestar Galactica was on the air one season, from 1978 to 1979. The fandom started up quickly. By 1980, Star Trek fen had migrated to, among other fan fiction communities, this one. In doing so, they brought with them publishing traditions, critique habits and their terminology.
Going to another fandom during the early 1980s, the same demographics of other media fandoms are there: middle class, female and white. The Battlestar Galatica fandom of the same period made it very clear to fen that they might be writing stories with m/m characters but that fen needed to remember, were indoctrinated in the idea that the characters, while being written in m/m relationships, were still fundamentally heterosexual.
During the 1980s, multi-fandom fandom zines were circulating. If a fan wanted to read a story from their particular fandom, they may well have to read the story in a zine that contained stories outside their fandom. According to Langley, this would often gateway fans into other communities, creating in them an interest that would lead them to seek out the source material. This would help a number of fandoms including Battlestar Galactica, Blake's 7, Dark Shadows, Doctor Who, Man from UNCLE, Star Trek, Star Wars and others.
From 1984 to 1988, personal computers, aided by their word processing programs, started to have an impact on the publication of fanzines. They, along with the growth of coping services, led to a growth in the number of fanzines and created a situation where more fen could produce their own, high quality fanzines. (Langley) By 2001, the community was present on-line. Battlestargalacticafanclub, a Battlestar Galactica mailing list for discussion of the original show and posting of fan fiction, was founded on September 7 of this year.
[edit] The Canon
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[edit] Terminology
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[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
[edit] 2001
- On March 22, 2001, the mailing list milliways-L was created for the posting of science fiction related fan fiction and discussion. Fandoms represented included She Spies, Star Wars, Farscape, Star Trek, Andromeda, Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Next Generation, Star Gate SG-1, Pitch Black,Dark Angel, Buffy, Sabrina, Angel, Level 9, VR.5, Sliders, Pretender, Babylon 5, Seven Days, Tracker, Highlander, The Immortal, Prey, Lost In Space, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, Wolf Lake, Witchblade, Special Unit 2, Freakylinks, Space, The Imagination Station, Star Trek: Enterprise, Black Scorpion, Alias, The Agency, Star Hunter, Xena, Hercules, Mutant X, Smallville, Outer Limits, Quantum Leap, The Time Tunnel, Birds of Prey, Astronauts, Veritas, Paranormal Girl, Ginger Snaps, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Starhunter, Firefly, Miracles, Lost. [1]
[edit] 2004
- On November 11, 2004, the LiveJournal community 3_ships was founded. [2] It is a threesome secret santa community. Fandoms represented by this community include: Angel, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, DCU, Doctor Who, Firefly, Harry Potter, House, Lord of the Rings, Marvel, Pirates of the Carribean, Stargate, Stargate Atlantis, Supernatural, X-Files.
[edit] 2007
- In early December 2007, FanLib launched a Battlestar Galactica contest.
[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] Sources
Below is a partial list of articles and academic sources to help you continue to learn about this community.
- Young, Cathy. "The Fan Fiction Phenomena, What Faust, Hamlet, and Xena the Warrior Princess Have in Common." Reason Magazine Feb. 2007. 13 Dec. 2007 <http://reason.com/news/show/118379.html>.
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