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- From: phillips@syrinx.umd.edu
- Subject: Rec.arts.sf groups, an introduction
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- Archive-name: sf-groups-intro
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- Send questions and updates or comments to: phillips@syrinx.umd.edu.
-
- What is rec.arts.sf.*?
- Rec.arts.sf.* (r.a.sf.*) is a set of newsgroups devoted to discussion
- of SF, in its rather broad meaning of "speculative fiction", including
- both science fiction and fantasy, as well as that vast blurred mass of
- material in between (to steal a phrase from the call for votes that
- caused the creation of these groups).
-
- So what groups are there, anyway?
- 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: scott@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG)
- 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 A renaming of rec.arts.sf-reviews. (Moderated.)
- rec.arts.sf.science Science and theory related to sf
- rec.arts.sf.starwars Star wars, books, movies, etc
- rec.arts.sf.tv SF tv shows that don't have their own groups
- rec.arts.sf.written Novels, stories, etc.
-
-
- More specific information, please.
- Some of those one-liners might not be very clear...which is why the
- original charters of the groups are included here as well. They show
- the intent of the people who advocated most strongly for them.
- (Charters follow at end of article.)
-
- Other newsgroups of interest to SF fans
- For Dr. Who fans, there's a newsgroup specifically for discussions
- about the movies, the show, and anything and everything related to Dr.
- Who: rec.arts.drwho.
- For Star Trek fans, there are several groups:
- 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@dweeb.fx.com; questions or comments should be sent to
- trek-info-request@deeb.fx.com.
- rec.arts.startrek.current, r.a.s.fandom, r.a.s.tech, and r.a.s.misc
- were recently created. There is a monthly information posting in those
- groups (and in news.answers, eventually) which describes all of r.a.startrek
- in detail.
- For Cyberpunk: alt.cyberpunk. There's also alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo,
- virtual reality via prose interaction.
- Fandom has its own groups, as well: alt.fandom.cons and alt.fandom.misc.
- For Pern fans, look in alt.fan.pern.
- Other alt.fan.* groups: alt.fan.douglas-adam, alt.fan.pratchett,
- alt.fan.eddings, alt.fan.piers-anthony, alt.fan.asprin
-
- 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, <scott@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.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)
- Revies of SF books and movies. There are six moderators, total.
- Send submissions to: sf-reviews@presto.ig.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.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.)
-
-
- 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.)
-
-