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- GAFIA abstract "GAFIA (along with derived form such as gafiate and gafiation) is a term used in science fiction fandom. It began as an acronym for "Getting Away From It All", and initially referred to escaping from the mundane world via fanac.However, its meaning was soon reversed, and thereafter it referred to getting away from fandom and fannish doings. When fans say they're gafiating, it means they intend to put some distance between themselves and fandom. This can be either a temporary or a long-term separation. The 1959 Fancyclopedia says:This useful phrase was originally an escapist slogan, meaning the intent to withdraw from the Macrocosm to indulge in some intense fanac, but has undergone a complete reversal of significance so that now "that flash of sanity known as Gafia" refers to a vacation from fandom back in the world of normalcy, where nobody reads that crazy Buck Rogers stuff. Diagnostic symptoms are sheer boredom while trying to read proz or fanzines, allowing correspondence to pile up unanswered, and wishing that half-finished fanzines could be forgotten for a while. A closely related term is "Fafia" or "Fafiation", from the acronym for "Forced away from it all." To fafiate is to put aside fannish things, not because one prefers to do so, but rather because one is obliged to do so. Usually it's a matter of not having enough time. Finishing one's dissertation, having children, or accepting a demanding new job are among the commoner reasons for fafiation."Dafia", or "Drifting away from it all", has been proposed as an intermediate term, but is not in general fannish use.There are many fanzines using the term as a title: Ted White, Redd Boggs and Carl Brandon published science fiction fanzines titled Gafia, Gafia Advertiser and Gafiac. respectively, and there are many more.The term is among the fannish expressions used most extensively in the book Fallen Angels, by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn, whose major protagonists are mostly fans (active, covert, gafiated or fafiated).".
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- GAFIA wikiPageRevisionID "616663795".
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Brandon.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Brandon_Society.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Category:Science_fiction_fandom.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Child.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Dissertation.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Fallen_Angels_(science_fiction_novel).
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Fanac.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Fanzine.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Fanzines.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Jerry_Pournelle.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Larry_Niven.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Michael_F._Flynn.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Michael_Flynn_(author).
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Mundane.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Redd_Boggs.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Science_fiction_fandom.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Science_fiction_fanzine.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Science_fiction_fanzines.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Ted_White_(author).
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLink Thesis.
- GAFIA wikiPageWikiLinkText "GAFIA".
- GAFIA hasPhotoCollection GAFIA.
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- GAFIA subject Category:Science_fiction_fandom.
- GAFIA hypernym Term.
- GAFIA comment "GAFIA (along with derived form such as gafiate and gafiation) is a term used in science fiction fandom. It began as an acronym for "Getting Away From It All", and initially referred to escaping from the mundane world via fanac.However, its meaning was soon reversed, and thereafter it referred to getting away from fandom and fannish doings. When fans say they're gafiating, it means they intend to put some distance between themselves and fandom.".
- GAFIA label "GAFIA".
- GAFIA sameAs m.07lyft.
- GAFIA sameAs Q5512815.
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- GAFIA wasDerivedFrom GAFIA?oldid=616663795.
- GAFIA isPrimaryTopicOf GAFIA.