In the “how things have changed” department…

Back in the 80′s, I published a fanzine called OtherRealms, which reviewed SF and Fantasy books (and did other things along the way).

This week, I got a note from one of the authors I talked about back in 1988 (which was great), noting that his home address was listed in OtherRealms, and would I mind removing it?

I did, the way I’d remove any other information involving a person’s privacy (which is about the only reason I’d alter a public record of something that’s been published). But it’s sort of a kick in the knee just how much the internet has changed in the last 20 years. Back in 1984, I was throwing parties and advertising them on USENET groups (with my then-address and phone number published). can you imagine that today? I know some groups still generate get-together’s that way, but not at a person’s house; at least in public.

ah, the good old days of youthful naivete and trust….

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