tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post4127016175532695541..comments2023-08-12T17:27:01.102+02:00Comments on The Pink Pigtail Inn: To my mimeo with love – a few words about my fannish originsLarísahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05769822260333419777noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-82876290806350129742009-03-04T01:54:00.000+01:002009-03-04T01:54:00.000+01:00I definitely know what kind of food I would NOT wa...I definitely know what kind of food I would NOT want to be. I would not want to be tastyfish. You know when they name you that, you drew the short straw.Yagglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15177750815584983551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-17276892013741148982009-02-22T19:38:00.000+01:002009-02-22T19:38:00.000+01:00Larissa, thanks for going down memory lane and sha...Larissa, thanks for going down memory lane and sharing this with all of us. It was a very enjoyable read.<BR/><BR/>I remember when I was in my early teens, a few of us started a little music 'zine. Of course, I hadn't been aware of the history, just thought it was neat to work on and put some of my poems in. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-90764180676790622972009-02-20T12:26:00.000+01:002009-02-20T12:26:00.000+01:00Fun read :) I can only imagine working with those ...Fun read :) I can only imagine working with those mimeos. Now it's just "press ctrl-p" and wait a few minutes. Or got to the local printer.<BR/><BR/>I'm also found of SciFi books. Set myself the goal to go through the classics (browse the locust/hugo award winners). WoW is taking up most of my freetime but still got a few hours each week to read. And read through quite a few books these last few months:<BR/>-> Heinlein: Friday<BR/>-> Asimov: The Gods themselves, the End of Eternity<BR/>-> Niven: Ringworld<BR/>-> Gibson: Neuromancer<BR/>-> Dick: The man in the high castle (my favorite so far, Dick is a brilliant author)<BR/><BR/>Currently reading Stranger in a Strange land and still got a few books on my shelf to read.<BR/><BR/>But I'm curious as to which Sci Fi books you would recommend?<BR/><BR/>@Klepsacovic: Heh, yes. It's a bit strange to have "the man from mars" in the novel I'm reading right now. We all know now that there is no such thing :) Although it's interesting to see that the mores hasn't changed much in these past 50 years. Stranger in a strange land wouldn't be banned these days but we have put the "free love" ideas in the 60s closet.Carrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11155709707982913637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-17047422114179793402009-02-20T00:32:00.000+01:002009-02-20T00:32:00.000+01:00@Klepsacovic: Ah thank you! At least someone read ...@Klepsacovic: Ah thank you! At least someone read it... :)<BR/>Actually I don't bother so much about some technology being outdated in SF literature. Many of the ideas are far beyound that stuff and work fine anyway. I think the non technology oriented writers have come best off in the long run. Bradbury is a great stylist. His shortstories still are very enjoyable imo.<BR/><BR/>@Spinkswill: I'm glad you appreciated it. SF fanzine fans use to say that we were first to use the fanzine concep. We started it all, although it later was followed by music fanzines, comic fanzines and so on. But it was all born out of the Pulp magazines. Tru? I have no idea. But it's a good story.<BR/><BR/>@Esdras: I don't quite know how many former sf fans there are among the wow players. For some reason I imagine more have been more into the fantasy genere, since it's much closer to the hero ideas of WoW.<BR/><BR/>The SF community is really huge in itself. I was mostly into fanzines and written literature, but I'm aware of other branches of it, such as the Star Trek community, which probably is quite a lot bigger than Fandom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-46310907053990361042009-02-19T10:57:00.000+01:002009-02-19T10:57:00.000+01:00Really nice and interesting post i had never even ...Really nice and interesting post i had never even heard of it before.<BR/><BR/>I am a massive Sci Fan fan And my other passion away from WOW is DR Who and Red dwarf XD.<BR/><BR/>Also i played eve online for 2 years before i came to wow.<BR/><BR/>Its always nice to read about the actual RL of blogger other than the toon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-55258948874414378292009-02-19T07:25:00.000+01:002009-02-19T07:25:00.000+01:00Thanks so much for sharing. I'm fascinated to hear...Thanks so much for sharing. I'm fascinated to hear about fandom and how things worked before the internet really took off. I know my husband used to read music fanzines also at a student, but neither of us were really into the scene. <BR/><BR/>It sounds like hard work, but so impressive. I'm guessing also that there were probably similar fan/fanzine networks for many many more hobbies. Hadn't really thought about that before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-30445445518359704012009-02-19T03:57:00.000+01:002009-02-19T03:57:00.000+01:00TL;DR: Even supposedly anti-social geeks like talk...TL;DR: Even supposedly anti-social geeks like talking.<BR/><BR/>I kid! Nice post. Makes me feel I was born a quarter century too late.<BR/><BR/>I have some of the old books that my dad used to read. They were clearly made in some strange times. Lots of imagination, a mix of hope and fear, as if living in a time of unlimited potential, including for destruction.<BR/><BR/>They lose a bit of their magic these days when we're pretty sure there are no aliens lurking on the next planet over. Though really, replace "radiation" with "nano-technology" and it translates pretty well.Klepsacovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915576683657376929noreply@blogger.com