If you don’t worship Star Trek, then you must worship the Force. But maybe you’re a vampire adept, or a member of the Batman congregation
…If you don’t worship Star Trek, then you must worship the Force. But maybe you’re a vampire adept, or a member of the Batman congregation? Fans’ faith in their franchises gets as intense and bloody as zealots’ faith in religion. The Ancient Books
Like all great religions, the franchises have mysterious histories, preserved in decaying books and obscure pamphlets. The thread that unites all of them is an overarching tale of social outcasts who find holy books that show them the light, and lead them to secret congregations where mystical debates and opinions are exchanged.
Almost century-old pulp magazines like Weird Tales and Amazing Stories brought the faith to tiny towns via drugstore displays and dark bookshops. Comic books with stories of the Superman and the Batman converted the faithful four generations ago. Stories of Conan, John Carter of Mars, and Flash Gordon were passed around and taught the agnostic about a world where science triumphed, the stars promised endless new worlds to explore, and…
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Are Science Fiction Franchises As Popular As Religion?
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