Wise words

[dalekboy]

"...they don’t think they need saving. I mean, they haven’t changed for years, have they? They’re not designed to be wanted because they don’t want to be wanted, not really. They want to be left alone to do their thing, and they don’t want any loud new people in the room. They serve a dwindling audience, and they have to be aware of that — so they have to be in it to simply serve that audience, to provide that presumably cosy experience to their people until the last light goes out. Otherwise they would have done something different years ago."

That's Warren Ellis talking about sf magazines, but he could be talking about the majority of sf fan clubs and conventions in Australia.

Just because your friends turn up, doesn't mean it's good.
Just because it breaks even, doesn't mean it's a success.
Just because something runs, that doesn't mean it's still relevant.

More on this later...

Comments

[angriest.livejournal.com]

Well when fanfic was published in print fanzines there was usually some kind of vague quality control. Trying to read fanfic today is like facing onto 1,000,000 boom boxes all turned up to 11 and trying to hear the one song you're looking for.

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

I think like many things on the internet, there is heaps out there and it takes effort and time to sort through the junk until you find what you want. And personally, I must say I'm really slack.