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A. What do you think fandoms are? Read and find out.

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Your screensaver is a picture of your favourite actor, and your ringtone is your favourite
group’s latest song, but is that enough to make you a true fan? Yes? Well, think again!

In the USA, many people These people are fans of the
have started joining fan writer J.R.R. Tolkien. In his
communities called fandoms. books The Hobbit and The
These groups of enthusiastic Lord of the Rings trilogy,
fans know everything about the elves speak ‘Elvish’, a
their favourite book, film or language Tolkien invented.
character. There’s a fandom Can you imagine what some
for just about anything, from fans do? They have learnt to
science fiction to pop stars to have simple conversations
video games. with each other in Elvish!
The science-fiction fandom Of course, there is also a
includes a famous group of Harry Potter fandom. These
fans called Trekkers. Trekkers fans chat online and publish
are fans of the television their own Harry Potter stories
series Star Trek, and they love on the Internet. And that’s not
meeting once a year at Star all. Believe it or not, there
Trek conventions dressed up are many rock bands in the
as their favourite Star Trek USA that play a type of music
characters! called Wizard Rock and sing
Another example of a songs just about Harry Potter!
fandom is the Tolkien fandom. Now those are real fans!

PROJECT
B. Read again and answer the questions.
1. What are fandoms? Give a presentation!
2. What kind of fandoms can you find?
3. Where did Trekkers get their name from? Search the Internet and find
information about other famous
4. What do Trekkers do? fandoms. Find as many interesting
5. What is Elvish? facts about them as you can and
6. What do Harry Potter fans publish on the Internet? present them to the class.
7. What is Wizard Rock?

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