Filk

Farkas talks about the filk. Filk music--a combination of folk and the science fiction, fantasy, and/or horror genres--has been around since the 1950s. The prehistory of filk, however, extends back even further. In 1937, after a schism in the Greater New York Science Fiction Club, a new group of SF...

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Published in:The Iowa review 2019-04, Vol.49 (1), p.48-58
Main Author: FARKAS, ANDREW
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambiguity
Authorship
Fiction
Folk music
Literary devices
Literary influences
Music
Pohl, Frederik
Prehistoric era
Publishing
Publishing industry
Rhetorical figures
Science fiction & fantasy
Writers
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Summary:Farkas talks about the filk. Filk music--a combination of folk and the science fiction, fantasy, and/or horror genres--has been around since the 1950s. The prehistory of filk, however, extends back even further. In 1937, after a schism in the Greater New York Science Fiction Club, a new group of SF aficionados formed: The Futurians. Originally, The Futurians were just fans of science fiction, though later many of them would become writers and editors. Two members who would become authors, Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth, also penned protest songs that used tropes from their preferred genre. These tunes, which at the time had no specific classification, would inspire and influence the music that's now called filk.
ISSN:0021-065X
2330-0361