Definition of "slan"
slan
/slæn/
noun
plural slans
(dated, fandom slang) A fan of science fiction.
Quotations
Here, at least once a month, the slans from Michigan gathered for sneak previews of forthcoming WARPS, to criticise some Rappian manuscript which Art was polishing for pro submission, or to talk about various subjects as fans are wont to do, and drink beer, pop, consume beans, dogs, chips, or eclairs.
1950 September, Charles Stuart Metchette, “Michigan Memories”, in Spacewarp, number 42, pages 72–77
Fen gather in clubhouses called slanshacks, "slan" meaning a biologically mutated superman.
1955, Arthur Koestler, The Trail of the Dinosaur and Other Essays, page 143