Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:31:10 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: Candy Madigan <candymadigan at mindspring.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Old Schoolkids [was: Old School]
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Anime.

The kids these days are into anime.  Which is good, but not the same as SF.

At 03:10 PM 3/31/2005, you wrote:
>In a message dated 3/31/2005 9:55:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>bnewton at ashcomp.com writes:
>
> >Mark, trust me, in this group, you *are* in your youth!
>
>My apologies, you're right, this is the Washington Superannuated Fandom
>Association ;-) (no flames please, I have no doubt that's been done often
>and
>better).
>
>This has sent me down a slightly depressing thought-path.
>
>I was born in 1960, and discovered written SF around 1970.  I started  going
>to cons a couple of years later.  The proverbial "long story" forced  me to
>set active fandom aside until very recently, but I had friends who kept
>up  with
>it.  As I think about it now, I've seen fans in my broad age bracket  or
>older, but not a great many younger ones.
>
>I suppose I should wait until I've been to a contemporary con or two to  ask,
>but is there actually a younger generation of fen following us up in any
>numbers, or is my lot *it*?
>
>Mark

Candy

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