I was for\u00adtu\u00adnate to meet many fel\u00adlow hyp\u00adno\u00adsis enthu\u00adsi\u00adasts through the Inter\u00adnet, and then through in-per\u00adson meet\u00adings at var\u00adi\u00adous events over the past decade or so, and count sev\u00ader\u00adal of them as close per\u00adson\u00adal friends. We became friends through our shared inter\u00adests, includ\u00ading but not sole\u00adly lim\u00adit\u00aded to our inter\u00adest in hyp\u00adno\u00adsis, but also our shared inter\u00adests in sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion and fan\u00adta\u00adsy, includ\u00ading Doc\u00adtor Who (quite a major\u00adi\u00adty of them, amaz\u00ading\u00adly), com\u00adic books, and gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly geekery.<\/p>\n
Of course, I knew some even before the Inter\u00adnet days, through sci\u00adence fic\u00adtion fan\u00addom and the Usenet era, but it was only over the past sev\u00ader\u00adal years that I met most of them, and count myself for\u00adtu\u00adnate for doing so and for the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for doing so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"