GAFIA

gafia English Alternative forms en gafia Etymology en getting away from it all. Used in early science-fiction fandom. Pronunciation en /ˈɡæfi.ə/ /ˈɡɑfi.ə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-GAFIA.wav Southern England Noun - en dated fandom slang The state of becoming involved in science fiction and fandom activity, leaving the mundane world. en 1944 John Bristol Speer Fancyclopedia http://fanac.org/Fannish_Reference_Works/Fancyclopedia/Fancyclopedia_I/g.html G - Guild gafia - (Wilson) - Get Away From It All; motto of escapism. en c. 1944 w:Forrest J Ackerman Fantasy Flanguage What is Science Fiction Fandom? http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/WhatIsSFF/WhatIsSFF44-27.html 27 So once again there were only 2 Fen, and while one picked up his obliterine and turned toward Mimi, the other, an escapist, picked up a prozine to gafia. en 1977 w:Damon Knight The Futurians 71 "Gafia" (getting away from it all) started out being what a fan did when he was fanning. en dated fandom slang The state of exiting or becoming inactive in fandom. en 1950 April Arthur H. Rapp Timber! Spacewarp http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Spacewarp/Spacewarp37-02.html 7 1 (#37 overall) Just a minor siege of GAFIA, from which, eventually, I will once again develop an enthusiasm for stf. At least I hope so. ¶ Etymological note for the benefit of fans who haven't met the word before: GAFIA is an intermittent affliction of fans. The letters stand for Getting Away From It All. Symptoms are sheer boredom while trying to read promags or fanzines, and allowing correspondence to pile up unanswered. Also a wish that half-done fanzines could be forgotten for a while. I am struggling to combat that last. https://web.archive.org/web/20251026025201/https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Spacewarp/Spacewarp37-02.html 26 October 2025 en 1996 November Ted White The Purple Fields Of Fanac Science-Fiction Five-Yearly http://fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Five_Yearly/sffy10-07.html 10 7 All computers had done was to speed up the process. New fans turned up more quickly, disappeared into gafia within months, if not weeks. https://web.archive.org/web/20250811043629/https://fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Five_Yearly/sffy10-07.html 11 August 2025 en June 15 1998 Patrick Nielsen Hayden Re: wedding: Leslie Smith & Ken Josenhans https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.sf.fandom/v520CsuuACk/tQVlxogX5r0J rec.arts.sf.fandom Sorry, your demonstration does not in fact demonstrate gafia, only sanity. You'll have to do something else to demonstrate gafia. (Tip: When trying to prove gafia, don't do it in a post to rec.arts.sf.fandom.) en 2000 August Paul Campbell Lokta Plokta Plotka http://fanac.org/fanzines/Plokta/issue20/locs.htm 5 4 (#20 overall) Actually I suppose it's restarting, but seeing as how my first time round was when Tarzan was editing Moorcock Weekly or whatever maybe my gafia can be forgotten. https://web.archive.org/web/20250811043612/https://fanac.org/fanzines/Plokta/issue20/locs.htm 11 August 2025 Derived terms en degafiate degafiated degafiates degafiating degafiation gafiate gafiated gafiates gafiating gafiation Related terms en FAFIA References en contranyms en Science fiction Fandom