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-
- 1. What does the 'sf' in 'rec.arts.sf.*' mean?
- 2. What rec.arts.sf.* groups are available?
- 3. What other 'sf' groups are available?
- 4. What mailing lists are there for similar topics?
- 5. What other resources are available on the net (WWW, gopher, etc)?
- 6. What are the current charters for the groups under rec.arts.sf.*?
-
- 1. What does the 'sf' in 'rec.arts.sf.*' mean?
- The 'sf' means 'Speculative Fiction'. According to the call for votes
- that created the original hierarchy, this was defined as: Both science
- fiction and fantasy, as well as that vast blurred mass of material in
- between.
-
- 2. What rec.arts.sf.* groups are available?
-
- Here's a short, one-line-per-group listing of the groups:
-
- rec.arts.sf.misc Replaces rec.arts.sf-lovers as the catch-all
- rec.arts.sf.announce Announcements (moderated: zorch@uunet.uu.net)
- rec.arts.sf.composition Discussion about writing speculative fiction
- rec.arts.sf.fandom Fannish activities, cons, etc.
- rec.arts.sf.marketplace Personal for-sale notices
- rec.arts.sf.movies SF movies that don't have their own groups
- rec.arts.sf.reviews Reviews of sf/fantasy/horror works (Moderated)
- rec.arts.sf.science Science and theory related to sf
- rec.arts.sf.starwars.collecting Topics relating to Star Wars collecting
- rec.arts.sf.starwars.games SW games: RPG, computer, card, etc.
- rec.arts.sf.starwars.info General information about SW (Moderated)
- rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc Miscellaneous topics about SW
- rec.arts.sf.superman Discussion of Superman
- rec.arts.sf.tv SF tv shows that don't have their own groups
- rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 Discussion about the Babylon 5 TV show
- rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.info Info about Babylon 5 (Moderated)
- rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated Moderated
- rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap Quantum Leap TV, comics, cons, etc.
- rec.arts.sf.written Novels, stories, etc.
- rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Books by Robert Jordan
-
- 3. What other 'sf' groups are available?
- rec.arts.books.tolkien
- rec.arts.drwho
- Discussions about the movies, the show, and anything and everything
- related to Dr. Who.
- rec.arts.drwho.moderated
- rec.arts.startrek.info.
- A distillation of news and information about Star Trek, including
- synopses of new episodes, convention reports, station airing times
- around the US and the world, and other tidbits of factual information
- about Trek.
-
- Moderated: send submissions to trek-info@xfc.berkeley.edu; questions
- or comments should be sent to
- trek-info-request@xfc.berkeley.edu.
- rec.arts.startrek.current
- rec.arts.startrek.fandom
- rec.arts.startrek.misc
- rec.arts.startrek.tech
- Star Trek, all shows, movies, books, etc, related to the original
- show. There's a monthly informational posting in those groups and
- news.answers and rec.answers which describes the groups in detail.
- rec.music.filk Similar to alt.music.filk
- alt.binaries.multimedia.xena-herc
- alt.books.arthur-clarke
- alt.books.david-weber
- alt.books.deryni
- alt.books.isaac-asimov
- alt.books.larry-niven
- alt.books.m-lackey
- alt.books.moorcock
- alt.books.phil-k-dick
- alt.books.terry-goodkind The works of Terry Goodkind.
- alt.books.terry-brooks Discussion of Terry Brooks Works
- alt.cyberpunk
- alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo
- Virtual reality via prose interaction.
- alt.fan.created-worlds Discussion of published/televised worlds.
- alt.fan.douglas-adams
- alt.fan.eddings
- alt.fan.heinlein
- alt.fan.nathan-brazil
- Jack Chalker discussion, especially of the Well World series.
- (Nathan Brazil is the primary character in the Well World stories.)
- alt.fan.pern
- McCaffrey's Pern; also some discussions of her other books.
- alt.fan.piers-anthony
- alt.fan.pratchett
- alt.fan.tolkien
- alt.fandom.cons
- alt.fandom.misc
- alt.fantasy.conan Robert E. Howard's characters, principally Conan.
- alt.fantasy.er-burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs' works.
- alt.galactic-guide
- An attempt to write a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, inspired by
- Douglas Adams. Ongoing for several years.
- alt.sf4m
- A Science Fiction Forum.
- alt.tv.hercules Discussion of HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS.
- alt.tv.red-dwarf
- alt.tv.xena Discussion of XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS.
- alt.tv.xena-subtext Discusion of the subtext in X:WP.
-
- 4. What mailing lists are there for similar topics?
-
- Good question; I don't know, for the most part. But I'll be adding them
- as people tell me about them, and I believe there's a posting that lists
- them, that I'll try to get permission to use.
-
- SF-LOVERS@sflovers.rutgers.edu (SF-Lovers Digest)
- Moderated, medium-to-high traffic. This is gatewayed to/from
- some of the newsgroups: .written, .tv, .babylon5(.info), .movies,
- .reviews, .announce, .fandom, and .misc all feed into the Digest,
- while .written, .tv, .babylon5, .movies, and .misc are gatewayed.
- (There are actually a collection of lists.)
- For subscriptions or questions, send mail to:
-
- sf-lovers-request@sflovers.rutgers.edu.
-
- smofs@sflovers.rutgers.edu
- SMOFS deals with convention-running. A low-traffic list.
- To get on smofs, send mail to smofs-request@sflovers.rutgers.edu. However,
- you should not join this list unless you have some experience with
- con-running. It's not a general purpose mailing list.
-
- ========
- filk_uk@filklore.com - Filk music in the UK
-
- To subscribe, send an Email to listserv@filklore.com with
-
- SUBSCRIBE FILK_UK
-
- in the text body, or go to http://www.filklore.com/filk_uk.html
-
- The mail-lists are hosted by a BBS, which serves as a Fidonet/Internet
- gateway for UK SF fans, and are themselves gated to related Fidonet echoes.
- ========
- Lois Bujold Discussion List
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Lois McMaster Bujold Mailing List exists to allow discussion of the
- works of Lois Bujold. If you wish to join the list send an email to
- listproc@herald.co.uk with subject blank and message body of
- SUBSCRIBE LOIS-BUJOLD Miles Vorkosigan
- (assuming your name is Miles Vorkosigan if it isn't, substitute your own name
- instead, not your email address).
-
-
- Mercedes Lackey Discussion List
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- The Mercedes Lackey Mailing List exists to allow discussion of the
- works of Mercedes Lackey. If you wish to join the list send an email to
- listproc@herald.co.uk with subject blank and message body of
- SUBSCRIBE MERCEDES-LACKEY Vanyel Ashkevron
- (assuming your name is Vanyel Ashkevron if it isn't, substitute your own name
- instead, not your email address).
- ========
- tolkien-events
- and
- tolkien-sales,
-
- to subscribe to either, send an email message of the usual form
- to listserv@caerlas.demon.co.uk
- or for help with subscribing write to
- Pat Reynolds - tolksoc@caerlas.demon.co.uk
- ========
- There is an SF-list run at :
-
- listproc@listserv.ttu.edu
-
- subscribe sf-list yourname
-
- The list owner (Morgan Bottrell) must add you manually to the list.
-
- There is a 'fantasy' list run by the same person, with the same directions
- (use 'fantasy' instead of 'sf-list') - or so I presume; I wasn't given more
- exact instructions.
-
- ========
- The Liaden Unverse interest list can be written to at deaGauss@korval.com
- to subscribe; this is concerned with the works of Sharon Lee and Steve
- Miller.
- ========
- There's a mailing list for writers, SFnF-Writers. To subscribe, send
- subscribe sfnf-writers
- to
- majordomo@seidel.ncsa.uiuc.edu
-
- ========
- sf-news@technopagan.org (SF News)
-
- Moderated, low traffic. Compiles news on all manner of speculative
- fiction, in all media, from various USENET, mail, and WWW sources and
- reader contributions. Archives available at
- http://www.technopagan.org/sf-news/
-
- To subscribe, send mail to majordomo@technopagan.org with "subscribe
- sf-news" in the message body.
- ========
- SciFi_Discussion
-
- The description of this mailing list is:
-
- This List is intended for the discussion of Science Fiction (speculative
- fiction). Whether you just like to read it or write it, feel free to
- join in. The only proviso is that all discussions be kept mature and polite.
- Posting of story ideas is welcome. Criticism should be well thought out &
- constructive! Tips on gaining publication are a plus! Feel free to discuss new
- authors or old. If you know of SciFi authors with websites, feel free to post
- them. Without readership, authors have no outlet for their ideas.
-
- You can join this list by going to the following web page:
-
- http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/SciFi_Discussion
- ========
-
- Dedicated to Laurell K. Hamilton's works (dark fantasy) (name not given).
- The details are at http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/9071/welcome.html
-
- ========
- The list, fsf-list@thenet.co.uk Fantasy & Science Fiction discussion list,
- has changed subscribtion and mailing addresses.
-
- New details:
-
- fsf-list@onelist.com Fantasy & Science Fiction discussion list
-
- To subscribe send a blank email to fsf-list-subscribe@onelist.com
-
- FSF is a friendly spam and flame free mailing list for the discussion
- of anything fantasy or SF related. New opinions are always welcome.
- The emphasis is on friendly (dis)agreement. We have participents in
- many different countries around the world.
-
- The list has an archive of previous posts at
- http://www.one.list.com/archives.cgi/fsf-list
-
- To read the list FAQ go to
- http://www.solarflare.freeseve.co.uk/fsf/index.html
- ========
- The Research Triangle SF Society has an email list for discussion of
- all things sf-related (although the topics do wander pretty far afield
- sometimes!). It's primarily for folks in central North Carolina, but
- others are always welcome.
-
- To subscribe, send email with a blank subject line to:
- listproc@listserv.oit.unc.edu
-
- In the body of the message, type:
- subscribe rtsfs yourname
-
- -----
- 5. What other resources are available on the net (WWW, gopher, etc)?
-
- Please feel free to send me any URLs you might have, and a description of
- what's available at that URL.
-
- SF-Lovers web pages: http://sflovers.rutgers.edu/
- (Related to the SF-Lovers Digest list described above in 4; archives
- are available through this. Also available are links to a lot of
- other SF-related sites, including author home pages.)
- -----
- The SF archive at Lysator:
-
- WWW: http://sf.www.lysator.liu.se/sf_archive/sf_main.html
- gopher: gopher.lysator.liu.se
- ftp: ftp.lysator.liu.se, /pub/sf-texts
- -----
- WWW sites related to Mercedes Lackey:
- http://www.herald.co.uk/local_info/lackey_list.html
- http://www.herald.co.uk/local_info/lackey_faq.html
- http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/ism/lackey/lackey.html
-
- WWW sites related to Lois McMasters Bujold:
- The Bujold Nexus at http://www.herald.co.uk/~dendarii/
-
- The Bujold Nexus contains information about and pointers to other sites with
- info on Lois. It is the authorised Bujold Web site, and a earlier copy has
- been seen by Lois.
-
- It is mirrored at www.dendarii.demon.co.uk/Bujold/
- -----
- Hugo award winner Ansible is archived at
- http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/SF-Archives/Ansible
-
- Harper Collins has an excellent site at
- http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/voyager/
- -----
- A Science Fiction Resource Guide. Covers almost everything there is in
- the net on Science Fiction and Fantasy. Includes links to most author
- and genre FAQs, movies, TV, creative writings...you name it, it's
- probably there!
-
- http://sflovers.rutgers.edu/Web/SFRG/
- -----
-
- sflovers.rutgers.edu is a ftp site with contains SF related stuff.
- Includes archives of their SF-Digest, various genre FAQs and a
- bibiography of authors' books.
-
- ftp: anonymous ftp to sflovers.rutgers.edu
-
- -----
-
- WWW FAQ on Isaac Asimov. This is an extensive FAQ on Isaac Asimov. It
- covers both his writing and his personal life. Contains pointers on
- other stuff on Asimov on the net; bibliographies, some reviews and
- miscellanous items. A ASCII-based FAQ is also posted monthly on the
- newsgroup alt.books.isaac-asimov.
-
- BTW, a pointer to this FAQ is included in the SF Resource Guide so you
- need not include this in your intro. The reason I'm putting this here
- is because I worked on the FAQ...};-)
-
- www: http://www.lightside.com/SpecialInterest/asimov/asimov-faq.html
-
- -----
-
- Del Rey books have a gopher site. The DRIN (Del Rey Internet
- Newsletter) is archived there, as well as FAQs related to Del Rey.
- Excerpts of upcoming books can be found here.
-
- gopher: panix.com (under subdirectory Del Rey Books)
- www : gopher://gopher.panix.com/11/DRB
-
- There is also a Del Rey website:
-
- http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/
-
- -----
-
- Information about Tor Books can be found at www.tor.com -- this is a
- huge installation featuring information about forthcoming books, sample
- chapters from some of them, announcements of interest, and links to
- bookstores, other sf publishers, sf online, and author home pages.
-
- -----
-
- Internet Book Information Centre (IBIC). A information center for
- general books, but includes points to genre specific stuff.
-
- www: http://sunsite.unc.edu/ibic/IBIC-homepage.html
-
- -----
-
- The Stilyagi Air Corps Calendar. It's a listing of SF/F Conventions, and
- "Stilyagi Parties" (Gatherings of Michigan fandom at people's homes that
- are open to the public.) The list is maintained by Chad Childers, and
- is kept current. (*MUCH* more so than the convention listing at
- Lysator!)
- http://www.stilyagi.org/con.list.html
-
- -----
-
- Authors of the Liaden Universe homepage: http://www.korval.com/liad.htm
-
- -----
-
- A site dedicated to Marion Zimmer Bradley and to the Darkover series:
-
- In English:
- http://www.ceremade.dauphine.fr/~rossi/darkover/index.uk.html
-
- In French:
- http://www.ceremade.dauphine.fr/~rossi/darkover/index.html
-
- -----
-
- Science Fiction Weekly is the leading electronic publication covering
- the world of science fiction. They cover news, reviews, original artwork
- and celebrity interviews, and they are freely available on the World Wide
- Web at:
-
- http://www.scifiweekly.com
-
- They are currently published in conjunction with the Sci-Fi Channel,
- although the editorial content is produced independent of the
- Sci-Fi Channel and its staff.
-
- -----
-
- There's an on-line writer's workshop/critique group:
- http://www.critique.org/users/critters
-
- -----
-
- A world wide web page on Internet Info about the Hitchhiker's
- Guide to the Galaxy: http://www.angelfire.com/md/yorkminor/
-
- -----
-
- URL http://www.smof.com
-
- What's there: European SF Convention listing and various articles on
- convention running which are being continually updated and new additions
- are welcome. The Intersection post-con analysis "Another Fine Nessie"
- should be there, as well.
-
- contact: chris@smof.com
-
- -----
-
- Off of http://www.xenite.org/index.htm, there are:
-
- alt.tv.hercules FAQ: http://www.xenite.org/faqs/hercfaq.htm
- Soon-to-be if not already there: FAQ for alt.binaries.multimedia.xena-herc
- XENA ONLINE RESOURCES: http://www.xenite.org/xenaonln.htm
- with over 300 URLs for fans of HECRULES and XENA (and even fans of Bruce
- Campbell/"Army of Darkness").
- Witch World Page: http://www.xenite.org/witchwor.htm
- Witch World Message Board: http://www.xenite.org/boards/witchwor.html
-
- -----
-
- New England Science Fiction Association
- http://www.nesfa.org
-
- Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society
- http://www.lasfs.org
-
- These are both fannish organizations (volunteer,
- not-for-profit) each runs an annual regional convention.
- LASFS runs the occasional World Con
-
- -----
-
- The SF-Lovers Convention List, containing listings of
- conventions all over the world.
-
- The URL is: http://sflovers.rutgers.edu/Web/cons.html
-
- -----
-
- The Fannish Email Directory:
-
- http://www.osfci.org/fannish.net.txt
-
- 6. What are the current charters for the groups under rec.arts.sf.*?
-
- Here's a list, in the same order as the groups appear in the list in question
- 2. I use the word 'current' because, while most of these haven't changed
- since the dawn of creation, the rec.arts.sf.reviews one has changed to
- include a new submission address.
-
- rec.arts.sf.misc
- Charter: Group rec.arts.sf.misc will be the general-purpose
- and spillover group for science fiction and fantasy
- discussions that do not find a more specific subgroup
- under rec.arts.sf.*, or that would otherwise require
- wide crossposting among the other subgroups.
-
- rec.arts.sf.announce (moderated, <sf-announce-request@zorch.sf-bay.org>)
- Charter: (moderated) Announcements of happenings in the
- SF world, such as cons, including calls for con
- participation, readings, deaths, honors, new SF
- mailing lists, periodic postings of rec.arts.sf
- subgroup charters and other administrivia,
- signings, TV specials, meetings, shop openings and
- closings, etc. Not for personal or commercial ads.
- Send submissions to: sf-announce@zorch.sf-bay.org; questions to
- the moderator address above.
-
- rec.arts.sf.composition
-
- Charter: Before discussing the newsgroup, one must define 'sf', for
- which I refer to the original CFV for the group that created
- the rec.arts.sf.* hierarchy: "Both science fiction and
- fantasy, as well as that vast blurred mass of material in
- between." This charter mirrors the position of the HWA:
- Horror is an emotion, not a genre. If the Horror takes place
- in a speculative fiction book, it can be discussed in an sf
- newsgroup.
-
- The rec.arts.sf.composition newsgroup would include, but not be
- limited to the following types of discussion:
-
- General writing questions, to be answered from the sf
- perspective. This includes market research, submission
- format and discussions on the process of writing itself,
- as it connects with the writing of sf.
-
- Discussion of the process of writing speculative fiction
- between professionals, aspiring writers or the merely interested.
-
- Discussion of the methods and processes of worldbuilding,
- the creation of new, alternate or historically-based worlds
- in which speculative fiction is often set.
-
- This newsgroup is not meant to replace or significantly
- overlap other groups. As such, topics that are on-topic
- and useful in other groups should be kept to those groups.
- That would include, but not be limited to the following
- exclusions:
-
- Discussion connected to writing, but not specifically
- to sf, nor with an important sf slant should be posted
- in misc.writing.
-
- Discussion about the science used in speculative fiction
- should be posted to rec.arts.sf.science.
-
- Discussion of existing written work should be left to
- rec.arts.sf.written.
-
- As well, the charter specifically excludes the posting of work
- unless that posting is specifically related to a topic that is
- being discussed, and is used in that context, and quoted briefly.
- Posting of work to be read and/or critiqued is excluded from the
- charter of this newsgroup, for a number of reasons. For
- those who wish to avail themselves of the group's resources, a
- specially marked header, "CRIT: " will be used to post short
- requests for critiquing or reading, with all followups directed
- to email, the poster's web page, rec.arts.prose, or any other
- valid forum, rather than the newsgroup.
-
- As for advertising, overt advertising is excluded from the
- group, particularly off-topic overt advertising (the kind that
- doesn't care what this charter says anyway). Tactful, brief,
- infrequently posted references to information that can be
- found elsewhere will be tolerated, but advertisers must tread
- that fine line carefully if they wish to avoid flamage from
- ad-hating regulars.
-
- rec.arts.sf.fandom
- Charter: Discussions of fannish activities; meant to provide
- a new home for the SF-related part of the traffic
- currently posted to alt.fandom.* and similar
- postings current in rec.arts.sf-lovers.
-
- rec.arts.sf.marketplace
- Charter: A place for personal wanted-to-buy and for-sale ads
- for SF related materials. Personal ads only;
- commercial ads belong in comp.newprod or commercial
- advertising channels, not elsewhere on USENet. Do
- NOT crosspost ads; those looking to buy or sell SF
- stuff will be reading this group and just annoyed
- by ads mixed in elsewhere.
-
- rec.arts.sf.movies
- Charter: Discussions of all aspects of SF related movies not
- otherwise covered in more specific groups (such as
- the Star Trek group). Specifically includes
- screenplays looking for producers, and discussions
- of novelizations as compared to the movie base;
- discussion of novelizations independent of the
- related movie belong in .written.
-
- rec.arts.sf.reviews (moderated)
- Charter: Reviews and critical discussion of SF/fantasy/horror
- works. Works include novels, short fiction, movies,
- music, periodicals, art, etc., that are of interest to
- the SF community. Reviews are expected to conform to
- the guidelines in the FAQ "Welcome to rec.arts.sf.reviews"
- posted to the group periodically and available by
- anonymous FTP on the host net.bio.net [134.172.2.69]
- (file: sf-reviews/welcome). Archives of the group are also
- available on net.bio.net in the directory misc/sf-reviews.
- Submissions should be sent to sf-reviews@postmodern.com;
- comments to the moderators should be sent to
- rasfr-comments@postmodern.com.
-
- rec.arts.sf.science
- Charter: A home for the spinoff discussion of real and
- speculative science and sometimes about how the
- laws of science could be used in creating new SF
- universes.
-
- rec.arts.sf.tv
- Charter: A group for discussing general television SF, both
- live acted and cartoons. Note that some tv shows,
- (such as Dr. Who and Star Trek) have their own
- specialized newsgroups as well.
-
- rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5
- Charter: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 is to be an unmoderated newgroup
- dedicated to the following topics:
-
- * The plots and characters of "Babylon 5" episodes.
- * The possible ties between episodes in the 5-year story arc
- * The special-effects techniques and technology
- * Musings and speculations about where the show is going.
- * AND NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT story ideas and/or fan-fiction.
-
- J. Michael Straczynski, Babylon 5's creator, (hereafter: JMS)
- has stated flatly that for legal reasons that if any story
- ideas appear on a "B5" newsgroup he will be forced to leave the
- electronic forum. This would be, to our reckoning, a
- net.tragedy, and is to be avoided at all costs.
-
- Solutions such as forfeiture of copyrights to JMS with all
- postings, etc, have been considered, but ultimately rejected.
- This forum can only survive through the good will of its users,
- PLEASE do not destroy it for the rest of us.
-
- In the event of legal action in the future resulting from
- someone's disregard of this rule, I offer myself, Brian Badger,
- to be subpoenaed to testify as to the nature of this charter,
- and its prohibition. It's an ugly job...
-
- rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.info
- Charter: The purpose of this group is to provide an uncluttered
- resource of information and news pertaining to the television
- program _Babylon 5_. rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.info is a
- moderated newsgroup, which means that all articles must be
- submitted to the moderator for approval before they will be
- posted. Articles appearing in this newsgroup should generally
- fall into one of the following categories:
-
- 1) Official press releases and notices pointing to coverage
- of _Babylon 5_ in the media (but copies of copyrighted
- material *only* with expressed permission), and announcements
- of B5-related events such as conventions and star appearances.
-
- 2) Episode schedules, guides and summaries, and announcements
- of airing time changes.
-
- 3) Announcements, commentary and background material on
- _Babylon 5_ from J. Michael Straczynski, the show's
- executive producer. This will include compilations of
- his writings from online services such as GEnie and
- CompuServe and very selective repostings of substantial
- commentary from rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5. The latter
- category will specifically *not* include his short answers
- about details of past episodes.
-
- 4) Other material believed by the moderators to be of interest
- to a broad base of B5 fans.
-
- Volume should not exceed a few messages a day.
-
- Submit proposed articles to:
- b5-info@callisto.pas.rochester.edu
-
- rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap
- Charter: rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap will be designed to create a specific
- forum for discussing the many aspects of the Quantum Leap
- television series, which is now in syndication on two cable
- networks. The aspects that can be talked about are (but are
- not limited to) the television program, the comic book, QL
- conventions, the video releases, and whatever else can be found
- to talk about between the "Leapers." Now, the group will be
- unmoderated to allow more freedom on what can be talked about.
- There has, as of late, been a considerable amount of QL traffic on
- rec.arts.sf.tv. Perhaps the new newsgroup would allow more
- space for other discussion on rec.arts.sf.tv, and
- rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap would be an exclusive place for
- Leapers to talk. Also, many Usenet sites do not have Alt.ql
- creative as a group choice and, therefore, do not know of the
- existance of QL discussion.
-
-
- rec.arts.sf.written
- Charter: A group for discussing the general SF which is seen
- by its audience in written form, whether printed or
- online. Note that many more specific groups in
- rec.arts.sf.* exist to pull some traffic from this
- group, but in general, this is where new releases
- are discussed, informal reviews given, continuity
- topics discussed, authors compared, and is the
- starting point for many threads which should
- eventually be moved to more appropriate groups.
- (Please cooperate when the call is put forward to
- move a discussion to a more specific group.)
-
-
- rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan
- Charter: This newsgroup, rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan, was
- created in July 1994 for the discussion of books written
- by contemporary author Robert Jordan. In particular, this
- newsgroup is concerned with his ongoing "Wheel of Time"
- series, but also covers past and future works by him.
- Fandom is specifically included within the purview of this
- charter. The group is unmoderated.
-
-
- Leanne Phillips
- "Do not meddle with the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick
- to anger." (I don't want to hear other versions. I've heard them all before.)
- Words to live by: "Violence is the refuge of the incompetent."
- (Yes, I know it isn't right; it's deliberate.)
- --
- Leanne
- We have tasted fear./We have breathed in grief.
- We have swum in hate./We have witnessed strength.
- - Last verse of my poem in memoriam of the September 11 tragedy.
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