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james_davis_nicollWhat should go on a Top Ten "In retrospect, what the hell were we thinking" list of once-popular SF?
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Re: inherently more intelligent and open-minded than the general population
Date: 2009-03-16 06:01 am (UTC)What bothers me about RASFW is that it seems to have taken a serious nose-dive into Small Stubborn Clique-dom sometime in the middle of last year.[*] Before that, there was a passing parade of interesting new people as well as the same old folks who trot out their prejudices for us all to admire again.
But I still go there, because I haven't found anywhere else I can talk and read about SF in general.
[*] Actually many of the still-vibrant Usenet groups ossified in the last year. Perhaps I just outgrew them, but I would bet money that the wave of ISPs & universities dropping Usenet around then was a silent death knell.