Comments on: Let There Be Fandom, Part 4: New Deal, New Worlds http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/10/let-there-be-fandom-part-4-new-deal-new-worlds/ Frederik Pohl Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:40:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marc Jacobs http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/10/let-there-be-fandom-part-4-new-deal-new-worlds/#comment-7816 Marc Jacobs Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:57:05 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1545#comment-7816 I love the reference to Floyd Bennett Field. My maternal grandfather took me there as a child, in the ’60s. I still have fond memories of the place. Your column reminds us all that New York != Manhattan. Or, more exactly, not <em>only</em> Manhattan. I love the reference to Floyd Bennett Field. My maternal grandfather took me there as a child, in the ’60s. I still have fond memories of the place.

Your column reminds us all that New York != Manhattan. Or, more exactly, not only Manhattan.

]]> By: D http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/10/let-there-be-fandom-part-4-new-deal-new-worlds/#comment-7790 D Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:20:33 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1545#comment-7790 "Except during the 1969 Manned Lunar Landing, the world has stopped looking into the future." Enough to make one weep. “Except during the 1969 Manned Lunar Landing, the world has stopped looking into the future.”

Enough to make one weep.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/10/let-there-be-fandom-part-4-new-deal-new-worlds/#comment-7779 Jeff Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:25:33 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1545#comment-7779 I disagree. We've always looked into the future, and we still look into the future, but with dread. I disagree. We’ve always looked into the future, and we still look into the future, but with dread.

]]> By: sm http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/10/let-there-be-fandom-part-4-new-deal-new-worlds/#comment-7745 sm Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:31:04 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1545#comment-7745 Love this stuff. But looking into the future: what about the Crystal Palace? Love this stuff.

But looking into the future: what about the Crystal Palace?

]]> By: Mike Weasner http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2009/10/let-there-be-fandom-part-4-new-deal-new-worlds/#comment-7744 Mike Weasner Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:07:03 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=1545#comment-7744 "In a way that had never happened before in the history of the human race, the world was looking into the future." Except during the 1969 Manned Lunar Landing, the world has stopped looking into the future. “In a way that had never happened before in the history of the human race, the world was looking into the future.”

Except during the 1969 Manned Lunar Landing, the world has stopped looking into the future.

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