[penguicon-general] Fannish Material To Read

[Catherine Olanich Raymond]

On Monday 18 December 2006 10:58 pm, Seth Breidbart wrote:
> Catherine Olanich Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com> wrote:
> > On Monday 18 December 2006 12:32 am, Seth Breidbart wrote:
> >> "Matt Arnold" <matt.mattarn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > You're right, fandom is about attending cons, pure and simple.
> >>
> >> No, *convention fandom* is about attending cons.
> >>
> >> Fanzine fandom is where it all started.
> >
> > Gee.  And here I thought the books were where it all started.  :-)
>
> Well, if you want to be like that, baseball was where it all started.
> As it says in the Bible, "In the Big Inning, . . ."

*That's* another thing everyone forgot to tell you about, Garrett.  Fandom 
thrives on puns.  Awful puns.  The sneakier, the better.  :-)

--
Cathy Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com>

"A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point
of doubtful sanity."  --Robert Frost