"slanshack" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "slan (“science fiction fan”) + shack. From a clubhouse for science fiction fans in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA called \"Slan Shack\" which existed from 1943 to 1945; from the fanspeak term slan; from the science fiction novel Slan (1940) by A. E. van Vogt, by analogy to the superior but persecuted mutants of the novel.",
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          "ref": "1944, John Bristol Speer, “sfn - Sydcon”, in Fancyclopedia",
          "text": "Slan Shack - A science-fiction house in Battle Creek, charter members being Al & Abby Lu Ashley, Walt Liebscher, and Jack Wiedenbeck. Acquired in the summer of '43, it wasn't occupied by the slans till the eve of the Michiconference. EEEvans joined a little later.",
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          "ref": "1951 May 21, Winthrop Sargeant, “Through the Interstellar Looking Glass”, in Life",
          "text": "Sad to relate, however, some of the European delegates were probably insurgents rather than true fen. Probably none of them had ever been in a slanshack, and there were only a few completists among them.",
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