Blog zine DNA

Fanzines are a crucial antecedent to blogs, says Roger Ebert.  It's a fun and well-written piece, as one expects from Ebert. 
Hasn't someone else made this connection?

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[HP]

Hasn't someone else made this connection?

I'm pretty sure that Teresa Nielsen Hayden has made this connection before on Making Light. But they had a major server meltdown recently, and I can't find the post with cursory searching.

(Actually, I pretty sure that Roger Ebert has written about this before this latest article, too.)

[Bryan Alexander]

That makes sense, HP, especially given the large role pre-Web fan-generated content played in the history of science fiction.

[Bill Tozier]

And before fanzines, there were correspondence magazines like Willis's Current Notes, and the great miscellanies collected from correspondence by the antiquarians like Hazlitt.

Long history indeed.

[Jesse Walker]

It's kind of an obvious connection, isn't it? I made it in passing here and I would be shocked if someone told me I got there first.

[Bryan Alexander]

Definitely, Bill. I'm glad to see you mention Hazlitt.

I think you're one of the people who mentioned this to me, Jesse.