As promised, some more big "filk" antedates for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "filk" v. from 1978 to 1962; "filker" from 1981 to (the same) 1962, & "filking" from 1983 to 1976. #Fandom
https://sfdictionary.com/view/1005/filk
https://sfdictionary.com/view/181/filker
https://sfdictionary.com/view/1361/filking
Today's #fandom antedatings for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "filksing" n. from 1968 to 1961, and "filk singing" from 1965 to ca1961. Stay tuned for more "filk"-related antedatings next week!
https://sfdictionary.com/view/1028/filksing
https://sfdictionary.com/view/1362/filksinging
New entry for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: As you know, we are obsessed with time travel, so we're delighted to bring you the verb form of "time-slip". From 1974 (describing an Aldiss story) onwards.
Two small but fascinating #fandom antedatings for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction, for "loc" 'letter of comment':
The noun by 1 year, first appearing in text written in Japanese by English speakers (thanks to @erikas.online for her help with this):
https://sfdictionary.com/view/1892/loc
And the verb, also by 1 year to 1961, in a poem by Roger Ebert. Yes, *that* Roger Ebert!
Incredibly trivial antedating for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "ish", an issue (of a periodical), from November 1937 to October 1937. But, bonus Esperanto context!
New #anime entry for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction, published after a large amount of work: "Akira slide". Best we have is only 2009, despite the fact that there are visual homages from very soon after the 1988 movie; we'd welcome any antedatings!
#Fandom antedating of the day for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "neopro", a new professional writer, from Robert Silverberg in 1967 to Bob Tucker in 1960.
Unusually important antedating o'the day for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "time-travel" v., from 1933 to 1928. (OED has 1937.) (Also cleaned up the rest of the entry.)
#Fandom antedating of the day for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "fan film", a film made by fans, from 1961 to 1956 (in reference to the same film).
#Fandom antedating of the day for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "conreport", from 1953 to Ray Nelson in 1949.
Jesse Sheidlower