science-fictioneer

plural science-fictioneers · alternative science fictioneer

1. datedslanglifestyleCreator of science fiction.

   Science-fictioneers such as Robert Sheckley, Joe Haldeman and Frederik Pohl.

   1994 April, Interzone, number 82, page 64

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   The cult of dianetics, which was going strong a year ago (TIME, July 24, 1950), has some of the features of a new religion. Its founder, Science-Fictioneer L. Ron Hubbard, claimed that his "science of the mind" could cure all mental and most bodily ills, make supermen of truly devoted converts.

   1951 September 3, “Medicine: Departure in Dianetics”, in Time, volume 63, number 10

2. datedslanglifestyleFan of science fiction.

   We wonder how you science-fictioneers would have greeted the theorists of the year 600!

   1940 November, Mort Weisinger, “Looking Forward”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 18, number 2, page 8

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   The 4th World Science-Fiction Convention, first full-scale meeting of science-fictioneers since 1941, will be held in Los Angeles on July 4-5-6-7.

   1946 May, Forrest J Ackerman, Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 37, number 3, page 93

   Synonyms: stfan