Who Are The Folk?

Costumers at the 1993 Balticon science fiction convention form a tableau. Science fiction fans have formed a cohesive community that meets common definitions of an ethnic group: they tend to marry within their group, raise their children to have the shared values of their community, and, after sixty years and three generations, they have developed a sense of heritage. (Photo by Stephanie A. Hall. Do not copy without permission)

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