Comments on: Photos from the first science fiction convention, 1937 http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/photos-from-the-first-science.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/photos-from-the-first-science.html#comment-1309376 Maggie Koerth-Baker Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136959#comment-1309376 Young Arthur C. Clarke is going on my list of "Famous People I Would Like To Go Back In Time And Make Out With."  Young Arthur C. Clarke is going on my list of “Famous People I Would Like To Go Back In Time And Make Out With.” 

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/photos-from-the-first-science.html#comment-1309087 Mister44 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136959#comment-1309087 Arthur C. Clarke was such a square. Arthur C. Clarke was such a square.

]]> By: doggo http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/photos-from-the-first-science.html#comment-1309068 doggo Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136959#comment-1309068 NEEEEEERRRRRRRRDDDDSSS!!! NEEEEEERRRRRRRRDDDDSSS!!!

]]> By: GeekMan http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/photos-from-the-first-science.html#comment-1309046 GeekMan Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136959#comment-1309046 Looking at that picture, it's so comforting to know that, although separated by vast expanses of time, Geeks will always be Geeks. :D Looking at that picture, it’s so comforting to know that, although separated by vast expanses of time, Geeks will always be Geeks. :D

]]> By: Jim Gray http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/photos-from-the-first-science.html#comment-1309039 Jim Gray Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136959#comment-1309039 Once again my theory that every generation before the baby boomers hit was more badass than the last is proven true.  Those nerds look like they could totally beat down modern nerds. (I include me in that) Once again my theory that every generation before the baby boomers hit was more badass than the last is proven true.  Those nerds look like they could totally beat down modern nerds.
(I include me in that)

]]> By: Ceronomus http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/photos-from-the-first-science.html#comment-1309029 Ceronomus Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136959#comment-1309029 I have to agree with the folks in Leeds, I don't know as meeting at someone's house really counts as a convention. Heck, the Leeds Science Fiction League even had a souvenir report. Both events are fairly important moments in the history of fandom, but I think that the folks in Leeds beat us to the first "convention." I have to agree with the folks in Leeds, I don’t know as meeting at someone’s house really counts as a convention. Heck, the Leeds Science Fiction League even had a souvenir report.

Both events are fairly important moments in the history of fandom, but I think that the folks in Leeds beat us to the first “convention.”

]]> By: seyo http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/photos-from-the-first-science.html#comment-1309019 seyo Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136959#comment-1309019 Science fiction writers in 1937 UK, or hipsters smoking cigarettes outside a 2012 $18 cocktail Brooklyn "mixologist 'speakeasy?'" YOU DECIDE! Science fiction writers in 1937 UK, or hipsters smoking cigarettes outside a 2012 $18 cocktail Brooklyn “mixologist ‘speakeasy?’” YOU DECIDE!

]]> By: Brian Cain http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/photos-from-the-first-science.html#comment-1308974 Brian Cain Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136959#comment-1308974 Young Arthur C Clarke is a meme waiting to happen.  Take it away Reddit! Young Arthur C Clarke is a meme waiting to happen.  Take it away Reddit!

]]> By: Ivan Knezevic http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/photos-from-the-first-science.html#comment-1308920 Ivan Knezevic Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136959#comment-1308920 The same smug faces, but on thinner people. The same smug faces, but on thinner people.

]]> By: BombBlastLightingWaltz http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/photos-from-the-first-science.html#comment-1308892 BombBlastLightingWaltz Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136959#comment-1308892 Those mugs look like real  wise crackers. Those mugs look like real  wise crackers.

]]> By: Simon Champion http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/photos-from-the-first-science.html#comment-1308857 Simon Champion Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136959#comment-1308857 Oh yes, here's his word cloud on the subject, happy reading! http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/tag/conventions/  Oh yes, here’s his word cloud on the subject, happy reading!

http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/tag/conventions/ 

]]> By: Simon Champion http://boingboing.net/2012/01/02/photos-from-the-first-science.html#comment-1308856 Simon Champion Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=136959#comment-1308856 You mean the first ever UK science fiction convention?  Perhaps you should check out Fred Pohl's blog (he's now well over 90 years old and still posting at least a couple of times a week) for a true history of Science Fiction and conventions thereof. http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/  You mean the first ever UK science fiction convention? 

Perhaps you should check out Fred Pohl’s blog (he’s now well over 90 years old and still posting at least a couple of times a week) for a true history of Science Fiction and conventions thereof.

http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/ 

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