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Subject: Re: What were you reading in 1968?
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wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) writes:

> In article <pan$b5463$2413c85a$6a02c9d4$86929b62@cpacker.org>,
> Charles Packer  <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
>
>>Subject: What were you reading in 1968?
>
> I believe my parents were dating, but they were not yet married and I
> was not yet conceived.  This makes me something of a youngster on
> Usenet today despite being over 50, which certainly was not the case
> when I was 16 and fresh out of high school.
>
> On the other hand, I think I am a bit more judicious in my posting
> habits.
>
> I'll be leaving for Worldcon in a few days and I entirely expect to
> feel thoroughly middle-aged there, sandwiched in between the Young
> People and the American retirees.
>
> -GAWollman

I didn't have much time to read in 1968: within a month's time I
graduated college, got married, and left for Officer Training School for
the US Air Force (in that order).

I do remember though, just after finals and before graduation, going
over to a friend of my roommate's house. In their living room I picked
up a copy of "Colossus" (later made into a movie "The Forbin Project")
and just sat there and read it through in one sitting.

  -Don-