{"id":4913,"date":"2011-12-26T22:10:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T03:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=4913"},"modified":"2011-12-26T22:10:18","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T03:10:18","slug":"step-into-the-time-machine-and-see-what-i-looked-and-sounded-like-in-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/26\/step-into-the-time-machine-and-see-what-i-looked-and-sounded-like-in-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"Step into the time machine and see what I looked and sounded like in 1990"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 1990, I was one of the first people interviewed by Fast Forward<\/em><\/a>. (I was interviewed again in 2010, which you can watch by checking out the archives here<\/a>, but since that’s only last year, stepping into the time machine won’t be quite as interesting as what’s below.)<\/p>\n

The show is currently run by Mike Zipser and Kathi Overton (who recently dug out the video you’re about to see). John Pomeranz conducted the 21-year-old interview. How has time changed us? Well, here’s what John and I looked like together 17 years later at the 2007 Worldcon in Japan.<\/p>\n

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What did I learn when looking back at the episode (during which I share the stage with writer Judith Eckerson)?<\/p>\n

First, that I sure said the phrase “and so forth” a heck of a lot! Sure glad I broke myself of that<\/em> habit.<\/p>\n

Also, that I’m still just as protective of my prose as I ever was, continuing not to play well with others. (At least not on the page.) My world of words is not a democracy. You’ll see what I mean below.<\/p>\n