Post by ladyofthelake on Jun 12, 2020 2:34:34 GMT -5
So, I remember a couple people on here/yahoogroups posting about there being zines written and sent out by fans back in the day before fanfiction.net, ect...
This is probably a silly question, but it's honestly something I've wondered about for years now since I read that thread. How did people find out about it pre-internet? Was it a word of mouth thing to get on the mailing list? But how would people from across the country find out about fandom stuff with no way to advertise? Or was it only local friends that would have a zine together? I could see that, since I used to pass fanfics and art back and forth with a couple friends in middle and high school. But we had internet and even then didn't have much reach beyond our friend group.
This will probably make it obvious how young I really am, but I'm really curious so I may as well bite the bullet and ask lol!
This is probably a silly question, but it's honestly something I've wondered about for years now since I read that thread. How did people find out about it pre-internet? Was it a word of mouth thing to get on the mailing list? But how would people from across the country find out about fandom stuff with no way to advertise? Or was it only local friends that would have a zine together? I could see that, since I used to pass fanfics and art back and forth with a couple friends in middle and high school. But we had internet and even then didn't have much reach beyond our friend group.
This will probably make it obvious how young I really am, but I'm really curious so I may as well bite the bullet and ask lol!