The people who lived in cyberspace created places where they could discuss their own ideas and interests, thus science fiction & fantasy chat was born.
It is the joining of two similar paths, that of the scifi fan, from transformers to the more hardcore Asimov & clarke fans.
The other path (and more predominant) is the fantasy fan which ranges from anime (japanese cartoon art such as `Akira' and `Pokemon') to the more diehard D&D roleplaying fans.
Eventually the culture has evolved like any society does (for it is a society) and many groups were formed.
The scifi fans became factions such as the descepticons, the trekkies, etc...
The fantasy fans became Clans, Covens, Holy orders etc...
