As regards accommodation, there is plenty of room for allcomers.

He hunches at the computer when there are seconds left to bid and his fingers itch to be the top bidder as he pounces and types in his offer and typically wins and then starts up the cussfests he used to have during Internet checkers.

There was quite a kerfuffly noise when the paper went through the door, a bit like something being scrunched or ripped.

According to Colin Lester, editor of the International Science Fiction Yearbook, a fan, or to give him his full title, a sercon fan, is serious and constructive, whereas a faan contributes chiefly his presence and a taste for signed copies. He did not say that this was actually destructive, though it may be, as in the case of one on Friday night who tried to pitch his tent in the lobby because it was raining outside.