 While science fiction and anime grew fandom in media the Grateful Dead subculture that emerged in the late 1967-1970'created a global fandom around hippie culture that would have lasting impacts on society and technology.Furry fandom refers to the fandom for fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics.The concept of "furry" originated at a science fiction convention in 1980, when a drawing of a character from Steve Gallacci's "Albedo Anthropomorphics" initiated a discussion of anthropomorphic characters in science fiction novels, which in turn initiated a discussion group that met at science fiction and comics conventions.