Ken Bulmer pointed out that the attitude of a fan who had read much sf is different from that of a neo who is reading sf for the first time.

This fabulous fannish cover illustrated the three stages of fandom: the neo, the trufan, and the BNF.

Edwina, and neofen of her generation (this is not a criticism - everyone starts out as a neo), being new to sffandom, and not a member of faandom, would not have noticed this.

The neos seem to be no less uncomfortable with the paleos than the paleos are with the neos, […]

Some say the neos are good for what ails us on both foreign and domestic fronts, while others are quick to debate that.

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