Definitions
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- noun The realm, sphere, influence, or body of
readers ; readers collectively;readership ;reading ;literacy .
Etymologies
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From reader + -dom.
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I get so tired of some of the dog-chasing-its-own-tail aspect of fantasy and SF fandom/readerdom/critic-dom that sometimes I think about unplugging my internet connection, burning my ARCs and maybe just learning to do something useful, like carpentry.
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If we apply this to comic book readerdom, we might substitute "Wikipedia" for "dictionary"
Comic Book Resources 2009
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