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19. In what order should I read Lois McMaster Bujold's "Vorkosigan" series? 

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This is the frequently asked questions (FAQ) list for rec.arts.sf.written.
If you have written something you think belongs in the FAQ that you don't
see here and want included, please send it to me, Evelyn Leeper
(eleeper@lucent.com), as well as any corrections or additions you think
should be made.

[Oh, and in answer to a somewhat frequently asked question, Evelyn in this
case is a woman's name.]

			Table of Contents
 0. Introduction
 1. Story identification requests
 2. Spoilers
 3. What books or stories are about X?
	A. Cyberpunk
	B. Steampunk
	C. Alternate Histories
	D. Transformation Stories
	E. Gender Issues
	F. King Arthur and Robin Hood
	G. Jewish SF
	H. Other
 4. What books have been written by author X?
 5. List of the Hugo, Nebula, or World Fantasy Award winners
 6. Does anyone want to talk about X?
 7. What is science fiction?
 8. What is the difference between science fiction and fantasy?
 9. The SF-LOVERS Digest
10. Star Trek
11. Common abbreviations
12. Various questions about multiple editions, long-awaited books,etc.
	A. Iain Banks
	B. The sequel to Steven R. Boyett's ARCHITECT OF SLEEP
	C. The next book in David Brin's Uplift series
	D. The next book from Steven Brust
	E. The next book in Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker series
	F. The next book in Glen Cook's Black Company series
	G. The third book in P. C. Hodgell's God Stalk series
	H. Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana ending
	I. The next book in S. M. Stirling's Draka series
	J. The sequel to David R. Palmer's THRESHOLD
	K. The BATTLEFIELD EARTH movie
	L. The next book in Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's Liaden Universe
	M. The next book in Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun series
	N. The next book in Stephen Donaldson's Gap series
	O. The fourth book in Alexei Panshin's Anthony Villers series
	P. The next Merlin book from Nicolai Tolstoy
	Q. The sequel to THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE
13. Clarke's Laws
14. SF themes in music 
15. Oldest Living SF Authors
16. Black SF authors
17. Good SF bookstores in town Z and ordering by mail
18. What is Johnny Rico's ethnic group in STARSHIP TROOPERS?
19. In what order should I read Lois McMaster Bujold's "Vorkosigan" series? 
20. Science Fiction Book Club
21. Recent Obituaries
22. SF ENCYCLOPEDIA et al
23. What is the difference between "mass-market" and "trade" paperbacks?
	What about A, B, and C format in Britain?
24. What do the letters "PJF" after Steven Brust's name mean?
98. Science Fiction Archives
99. Help file for accessing the SF-LOVERS Archives.

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0. Introduction

rec.arts.sf.written is a newsgroup devoted to discussions of written
SF.  It is a high-volume newsgroup and this article is intended to help
reduce the number of unnecessary postings, thereby making it more
useful and enjoyable to everyone.

"SF" as used here means "speculative fiction" and includes science
fiction, fantasy, horror (a.k.a. dark fantasy), etc.

If you have not already done so, please read the articles in
news.announce.newusers.  They contain a great deal of useful
information about network etiquette and convention.

Before we begin, two pieces of net.etiquette.  Both of these are
mentioned in news.announce.newusers, but since they are so frequently
violated, and at least one of them is particularly relevant to this
group, we mention them here:

SPOILER WARNINGS:  Many people feel that much of the enjoyment of a book
is ruined if they know certain things about it, especially when those
things are surprise endings or mysteries.  On the other hand, they also
want to know whether or not a book is worth reading, or they may be
following a particular thread of conversation where such information may
be revealed.  The solution to this is to put the words SPOILER in your
header, or in the text of your posting.  You can also put a ctl-L
character in the *first* column for your readers who are using rn.  Some
people think that spoiler warnings are not necessary.  We don't understand
why, and do not want to discuss it.  Use your best judgment.

Some people say that since not all news readers honor the ctl-L, you should
insert twenty or so blank lines as well.  My personal opinion is that I hate
having to page through those blank lines because some people's newsreaders
are antiquated, but it's up to you.

REPLIES TO REQUESTS AND QUESTIONS:  When you think that many people will
know an answer to a question, or will have an answer to a request,
RESPOND VIA E-MAIL!!!  And if you don't know the answer, but want to
know, DON'T POST TO THE NET asking for the answer, ask VIA E-MAIL!  If
you think a lot of people will want the same information, you might
suggest that the person summarize to the net.

Even if you don't see an answer posted, and you have the answer, please
send it e-mail.  The thirty other people who answered may have already
sent it, and your site just hasn't gotten it yet.  It clogs the net and
gets very tedious to see 30 people answer the same question, and another
30 people asking for the answer to be posted.  All of that should be
done via mail.  The net is a highly asynchronous medium.  It can take
several days for an article to make it to all sites.  It is also quite
common for followups to messages to reach a site before the original.

Please keep in mind two points:

	1.  Always remember that there is a live human being at the
	other end of the wires.  In other words, please write your
	replies with the same courtesy you would use in talking to
	someone face-to-face.

	2.  Try to recognize humor and irony in postings.  Tone of
	voice does not carry in ASCII print, and postings are often
	snapped off quickly, so that humorous intent may not be
	obvious.  More destructive and vicious arguments have been
	caused by this one fact of net existence than any other.  It
	will help if satiric/ironic/humorous comments are marked with
	the "smiley face," :-)

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1. Story identification requests

"Does anyone know this story?"  <plot summary follows>

When making this kind of request, ask that all responses be e-mailed
back to you.  One way to encourage e-mail responses is to set the
followup-to line to poster (i.e., Followup-To: poster).  After having
found out what it is, then post the correct answer to the net.

If you know the answer but are unable to send a message to the requester,
wait a few days.  It's likely that someone else will post the correct
answer, thus sparing you the effort.

Do not post messages like "I want to know, too" to the net.  E-mail the
person who asked the question and request that they send you any
information they get by e-mail.  Only if you cannot reach the person by
e-mail *and* no one has posted about the request after several days
should you post.  [Provided by Evelyn Leeper [eleeper@lucent.com].]

Three of the most common requested stories are:

  1) There are some time travellers to the age of dinosaurs.  They have
  to stay on a special floating path to avoid changing the future.
  However, one steps off the path.  When they return to the future,
  things are subtly changed.  The guy who steps off the path then looks
  at his shoe and finds a dead butterfly. == A SOUND OF THUNDER by Ray
  Bradbury

  This has been anthologized many times, but the most recent is probably
  Bradbury's CLASSIC STORIES VOLUME 1 (Bantam 1990).  Also common in
  used book stores is Asimov & Greenberg's GREAT SF STORIES: 14 (DAW
  1986).  [Robert Schmunk, rbs@panix.com]

  2) An expedition to a dead star discovers that the supernova had
  destroyed an entire civilization.  When they compute the exact time
  the star exploded, they find that it was seen on earth at the right
  time to be the Star of Bethlehem. == THE STAR by Arthur Clarke

  3) A special kind of glass has been invented where light takes years
  to pass through it.  Panes of this glass are hung in scenic areas and
  then sold to be used as picture windows. == LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS
  by Bob Shaw  (Also known as OTHER DAYS, OTHER EYES)

[Provided by Samuel S. Paik [paik@avalon.eng.pko.dec.com].]

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2. Spoilers

In case you missed it above:
Many people feel that much of the enjoyment of a book is ruined if they
know certain things about it, especially when those things are surprise
endings or mysteries.  On the other hand, they also want to know
whether or not a book is worth reading, or they may be following a
particular thread of conversation where such information may be
revealed.  The solution to this is to put the words SPOILER in your
header, or in the text of your posting.  You can also put a ctl-L
character in the *first* column for your readers who are using rn.
Some people think that spoiler warnings are not necessary.  We don't
understand why, and do not want to discuss it.  Use your best
judgment.  [Provided by Evelyn Leeper [eleeper@lucent.com].]

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3. "What books or stories are about X?"

There are several lists published of works in specific sub-genres:

A. Cyberpunk

Laura Burchard defined cyberpunk as "a subgenre of SF which
(usually) combines high technology ("cyber") with an alienated, often
criminal, subculture ("punk").  Some people consider cyberpunk to be a
Literary Movement; others consider it a marketing gimmick.  Arguing
about which it is is pointless and not encouraged in this newsgroup."
There is a news group called alt.cyberpunk which is the best place to
discuss cyberpunk.  A comprehensive list of cyberpunk works can be
gotten by sending e-mail to John Wichers at wichers@husc4.harvard.edu,
and there is an alt.cyberpunk FAQ, edited by Erich Schneider
(erich@bush.cs.tamu.edu), available at
http://bush.cs.tamu.edu/~erich/alt.cp.faq.html.

Robert Schmunk (rbs@panix.com) points out that "cyberpunk must be dead,
because Time magazine has done a cover article on it."

B. Steampunk

Steampunk in analogous to cyberpunk, and refers to SF stories set in
the 19th Century and involving technology of that era.  There is no
bibliography as yet, but the Castle Falkenstein at
http://www.lib.pdx.edu/biblio.html lists most of the well-known
steampunk works.  [Provided in part by Elliot Smorodinsky
[elliot@poly.edu].]

C. Alternate Histories

A large bibliography of alternate history stories is maintained by 
Robert Schmunk (rbs@panix.com) and is posted here quarterly.  It is also
available at http://www.panix.com/~rbs/AH/ as well as on
sflovers.rutgers.edu and ftp.lysator.liu.se (Q#98), and is cross-posted
to soc.history.what-if and alt.history.what-if, which are
the groups devoted to alternate histories.

D. Transformation Stories

A bibliography of stories involving changes in body shape (scientific
or fantastic) is available on ftp.halcyon.com, in
/local/phaedrus/translist/translist.text; an enhanced Web version is at
http://www.halcyon.com/phaedrus/translist/translist.html.  There is
also a version on sflovers.rutgers.edu (Q#98), but this is sometimes
out of date.  [Provided by Mark Phaedrus [phaedrus@halcyon.com].]

E. Gender Issues

A bibliography of stories which address gender issues through
science fiction is available on sflovers.rutgers.edu (Q#98).

F. King Arthur and Robin Hood

Arthurian and Robin Hood FAQs posted to rec.arts.books and
news.answers.

G. Jewish SF

S. H. Silver (shsilver@indiana.edu) has a list of Jewish SF stories.

H. Other

As with requests for plots, titles, or authors, ask that all replies be
e-mailed to you and that you will summarize (set the Followup-to to
"poster" to encourage e-mail response).  Note that a summary is not
just concatenating all the replies together and posting the resulting
file.  Take the time to strip headers, combine duplicate information,
and write a short summary.  [Provided by Evelyn Leeper
[eleeper@lucent.com].]


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4. "What books have been written by author X?"  "What books are in
series Y?"

A number of bibliographies have been compiled and posted to the net by
John Wenn.  These bibliographies also contain info on which books are
in a series or in the same universe.  The most up-to-date bibliographies
are availiable via ftp from ftp.std.com [user anonymous, any password],
directory pub/jwenn.

They are also in the SF archives on sflovers.rutgers.edu (Q#98).
File names are generally LastName.Firstname (e.g.  Niven.Larry).  Case
*does* count.

Requests for more bibliographies may be made to John at
jwenn@world.std.com.  [Provided by John Wenn [jwenn@world.std.com].]


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5. List of the Hugo, Nebula, or World Fantasy Award winners

Lists of award winners are on sflovers.rutgers.edu (Q#98).  The most
commonly requested lists are in directory /pub/sf-lovers/Awards with
these file names:

hugos.txt
nebulas.txt
world-fantasy-awards.txt

There are also other awards listed; check the listings for what's
current.  [Provided by Evelyn Leeper [eleeper@lucent.com].]


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6. "Does anyone want to talk about X?"

If nobody seems to be discussing what you want to talk about, post a
(polite) message opening the discussion.  Don't just say, "Does anyone
want to talk about X" or "I really like X" however; try to have
something interesting to say about the topic to get discussion going.

Don't be angry or upset if no one responds.  It may be that X is just a
personal taste of your own, or quite obscure.  Or it may be that X was
discussed to death a few weeks ago, *just* before you came into the
group.  (If this is the case, you'll probably know, though, because
some rude fool will probably flame you for "Bringing that up *AGAIN*!!!"
Ignore them.)  [Provided by Evelyn Leeper [eleeper@lucent.com].]


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7. What is science fiction?

This subject has been hashed out endlessly, and if you really want to
see all the definitions proposed (or at least a very substantial
subset), they have been collected by Neyir Cenk Gokce
[c059140@narwhal.cc.metu.edu.tr] at
http://www.metu.edu.tr/~www69/users/gokce/sf_defn.html.  The only
definition that seems to work is Damon Knight's: "Science Fiction is
what we` point at when we say it."  Unless you have something really
new and amazing, don't start this topic.  [Provided by Evelyn Leeper
[eleeper@lucent.com] and Taki Kogoma [quirk@vesta.unm.edu].]

[If you *think* you have something new and amazing, try applying it
to the following cases:
	alternate history novels
	novels set on another planet with no contact with Earth and
		no unknown technology (e.g., HELLO SUMMER, GOODBYE
		by Michael Coney, and possibly AGAINST A DARK BACKGROUND
		by Iain Banks)
	SWORDSPOINT by Ellen Kushner]

As for the origin of the term itself, according to Sam Moskowitz in
EXPLORERS OF THE INFINITE: SHAPERS OF SCIENCE FICTION (page 240):
"The first issue of SCIENCE WONDER STORIES was dated June
1929.  ...  Most important, [Hugo Gernsback] coined, in his editorial
in the first SCIENCE WONDER STORIES, the term 'science fiction,' which
was to become the permanent name of the genre, completely eclipsing
'scientifiction.'"

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8. What is the difference between between science fiction and fantasy?

See Q#7.

This also has been done to death.  Virtually every answer you give will
fail to clearly indicate which category a large number of books belong
to.  Familiar books mentioned that test the boundary conditions include
Anne McCaffrey's "Dragon" series, Piers Anthony's "Apprentice Adept"
series, STAR WARS, and anything that uses FTL.  A more complete listing
includes:
Anderson's "Operation" stories, collected in OPERATION CHAOS
Anthony's "Apprentice Adept" series
Bradley's "Darkover" series
Brin's PRACTICE EFFECT
Cook's "Wizard's Bane" series
de Camp & Pratt"s "Incomplete Enchanter" series
de Lint's SVAHA
Friedman's "Coldfire" series
Hardy's "Master of the Five Magics" series
Heinlein's MAGIC, INC.
Kirstein's STEERSWOMAN and The OUTSKIRTER'S SECRET
May's "Pliocene Exile" series
McCaffrey's "Dragonrider" series
Miller's CANTICLE FOR LEIBOVITZ
Morrow's THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS
Rusch's ALIEN INFLUENCES
Silverberg's "Majipoor" series
Stasheff's "Warlock" series
Swanwick's IRON DRAGON'S DAUGHTER
Tepper's "Gameworld" books
Watt-Evans's "Three Worlds" series
Watt-Evans's WAR SURPLUS
Wolfe's "Book of the New Sun"
(anything with faster-than-light (FTL) travel, time travel,
parallel worlds/universes, psionics, or shoddy science)

(Often someone suggests that fantasy and science fiction can be easily
divided and this list is brought up, the original poster responds by
saying they haven't read any of these so they can't say which category
they go in.  This is not likely to convince people that such a division
is possible. :-) )

[Provided by Evelyn Leeper [eleeper@lucent.com].]

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9. The SF-LOVERS Digest

The SF-LOVERS Digest is a service for those who cannot read the
rec.arts.sf newsgroups directly.  It is a compilation of the articles
posted to sf.misc, sf.announce, sf.fandom, sf.movies, sf.tv, sf.written
and sf.reviews which is sent out periodically via e-mail.  The
moderator, Saul Jaffe, does a certain amount of editing when compiling
the Digest.  Duplicate information is eliminated and the articles are
organized by topic.  Also, most meta-discussions are not included in
the Digest.

To subscribe, unsubscribe, report problems, etc., send e-mail to
SF-LOVERS-REQUEST@RUTGERS.EDU.  To post articles to the various
newsgroups use the following addresses:

       Topic                            Address
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       Written SF                       sf-lovers-written@rutgers.edu
       Sf on Television                 sf-lovers-tv@rutgers.edu
       Sf Films                         sf-lovers-movies@rutgers.edu
       General discussions that don't
         fit specifically in the other
         topic headings                 sf-lovers-misc@rutgers.edu

Due to the high volume of mail, it's quite likely that administrative
type messages sent to the wrong address will be ignored.
[Provided by Saul Jaffe.]


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10. Star Trek/Babylon-5/Dr. Who

There are hierarchies of newsgroups for these topics.  Articles about
them, including books about them, should be posted there.
	rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5
	rec.arts.startrek.*
	rec.arts.drwho

Do not post flames about people violating this guideline.  Use e-mail
to request they follow it.  It's likely that this person is reading
rec.arts.sf.written via the SF-LOVERS Digest and has no access to
netnews or rec.arts.startrek.  If so, that person will not see your
flame because discussions of what's appropriate in the newsgroup are
not included in the SF-LOVERS digest.  [Provided by Evelyn Leeper
eleeper@lucent.com].]


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11. Common abbreviations

	AFAIK -- "As Far As I Know"
	BTW   -- "By the way"
	FTL   -- "Faster than light"
	FWIW  -- "For What It's Worth"
	FYI   -- "For your information"
	IIRC  -- "If I remember correctly"
	IMAO  -- "In my arrogant opinion"
	IMHO  -- "In my humble (honest) opinion"
	ISBN  -- "International Standard Book Number"
	ROFL  -- "Rolling on the floor, laughing"
	ROTF  -- "Rolling on the floor"
	RPG   -- "Role playing games", like D&D (Dungeons and Dragons)
	RSN   -- "Real Soon Now" (== within the next decade or two)
	SMOF  -- "Secret Master Of Fandom"
	STL   -- "Slower Than Light"
	YMMV  -- "your milage may vary"
	wrt   -- "with respect to"


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12. Various questions about multiple editions, long-awaited books,etc.

Note: It usually takes about one year from the time a manuscript is
turned in until the book actually hits the stores.

A. What's this I hear about two different editions of THE STATE OF THE
ART by Iain M. Banks?

"The State of the Art" is a longish novella, set in Iain M. Banks'
popular 'Culture' universe.  It was first published in a slim volume
entitled "The State of the Art," in 1989 by Mark V. Ziesing, an
American small press, ISBN 0-929480-06-6.  In 1991, Orbit (a UK
publisher) brought out a volume also entitled "The State of the Art."
This contains the aforementioned novella, plus seven short stories, one
of which ("A Gift from the Culture") is also set in the "Culture"
universe.  ISBN 0-356-19669-0.  It has had both hardback and paperback
editions in the UK but has not (AFAIK) been published in the US.
[Provided by Mike Scott [Mike@moose.demon.co.uk].]

Steven Kelly (steve@review.demon.co.uk) reports that "A Gift from the
Culture" is also available online from "The Richmond Review" at
http://www.demon.co.uk/review/library/banks01.html.

B. The sequel to Steven R. Boyett's ARCHITECT OF SLEEP

According to Boyett, ARCHITECT OF SLEEP was originally to be the
beginning of a multi-volume series, followed by THE GEOGRAPHY OF
DREAMS, THE NAVIGATORS OF FORTUNE, THE CORRIDORS OF MEMORY, and THE
GRAVITY OF NIGHT.  The manuscript of THE GEOGRAPHY OF DREAMS was in
fact completed and turned in, and the first one hundred pages of THE
NAVIGATORS OF FORTUNE exist.  However, the story was not to the liking
of the publisher (Berkley), and the changes they proposed were not to
the liking of Boyett.  He bought the manuscript back.

The rights to ARCHITECT OF SLEEP were tied up for several years, and by
the time Boyett was free to take ARCHITECT OF SLEEP and THE GEOGRAPHY
OF DREAMS to another publisher, he had lost interest in spending the
years necessary to finish the series--as he put it "We're talking
about (a) intelligent raccoons, and (b) ten years ago."  At this point,
it is unlikely anything further in the series will be published.

The complete story can be found at
http://www.msen.com/~yorick/srb_taos.html.

C. The next book in David Brin's Uplift series

BRIGHTNESS REEF appeared as an October 1995 hardcover release from Bantam
Spectra.  The next book is supposedly INFINITY'S SHORE (according to Matt
Croydon [mcroydon@cais.com].

Also, in David Brin's novel, SUNDIVER, he make frequent mention of a
previous episode involving Jacob Demwa saving the Vanilla Needle and
his first wife falling to her death in the process.  The details are
sufficient that many suspect that this story was actually written.  As
far as anyone knows, if it has been written, it has not been
published.

D. The next book from Steven Brust

ORCA was published by Ace in March of 1996.

The next new Brust novel from Tor will be FREEDOM AND NECESSITY by Steven
Brust and Emma Bull, an epistolary fantasy set in the year 1849, coming out
in early 1997.

After that, in an order yet to be determined, will be the final set of
Khaavren novels: THE PATHS OF THE DEAD, THE ENCHANTRESS OF DZUR MOUNTAIN,
and THE LORD OF CASTLE BLACK.  There are also two new Vlad novels, DRAGON
and a so-far-untitled one, to come from Tor as well.

E. The next book in Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker series and the last
book in his Homecoming series

The fourth volume, ALVIN JOURNEYMAN, was published in September 1995. As of
late February 1995, the fifth (and presumably final) volume of the series
had not been written.

ALso, EARTHFALL and EARTHBORN (books four and five in the Homecoming
series) are out.  This completes that series.

[Provided by Evelyn Leeper [eleeper@lucent.com].]

F. The next book in Glen Cook's Black Company series

An editor from Tor has stated on the Net [Jul 95] that Cook has
contracted for three new Black Company books (collectively known as
"Glittering Stone"), the first of which (BLEAK SEASONS) has been
published (April 1996).  According to some, Cook has an eighth novel
in the Dread Empire series, but doesn't expect it to be published
(since the others didn't sell well.) [Provided by Evelyn Leeper
[eleeper@lucent.com].]

G.The third book in P. C. Hodgell's God Stalk series

All three books (GOD STALK, DARK OF THE MOON, and SEEKER'S MASK) are
available from Alan Newcomer, Hypatia Press (800-738-2660 or 503-485-0947).

H. Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana ending

"How exactly is the meeting with the riselka at the end of Guy Gavriel
Kay's TIGANA supposed to apply to the three characters who meet her and
is there anything in the book which offers suggestions or is it just
supposed to leave readers guessing?"

The collective opinion of rec.arts.sf.written is that it is meant to
leave the book deliberately open-ended, there being no indications in
the book itself, beyond the obvious balance of probabilities.

From an interview with Kay by Andrew Adams (aaa@dcs.st-and.ac.uk):

AAA: The end of Tigana with three men seeing a riselka suggests to
some a hook for a sequel, to others merely an indication that
"life goes on...."  Do you have any plans to return to the Palm?

GGK: The second theory is entirely correct.  To put it another way,
I wanted sense that this whole very long story is NOT the whole
story of these peoples' lives.  No sequel was planned or hinted at.
I think most thoughtful picked up on the point, but there have
been an awful lot who have been waiting for the next volume.
This depresses me, actually.

And "Riselka" is indeed spelt "riselka," despite many creative attempts
   towards alternative spellings. It presumably comes from the
   Slavonic "rusalka" -- a female water spirit.

[Provided by Mike Arnatov [mla1290@ggr.co.uk].]

I. The next book in S. M. Stirling's Draka series

DRAKON is now out from Baen.

J. The sequel to David R. Palmer's THRESHOLD

The blurb on the book to the contrary notwithstanding, it doesn't exist.
[Provided by Ahasuerus the Wandering Jew [ahasuer@clark.net].]

K. The BATTLEFIELD EARTH movie

Much publicity ("Soon to be a major motion picture!!!") again
notwithstanding, no movie was ever produced. [Provided by Ahasuerus the
Wandering Jew [ahasuer@clark.net].]

L. The next book in Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's Liaden Universe

According to Miller and Lee, there are three books so far: CONFLICT OF
HONORS, AGENT OF CHANGE, and CARPE DIEM, all published by Del Rey.
They also have a chapbook called "Two Tales of Korval", available
from the authors themselves since December 1995.  "It's a charming two-story
book set in the Liaden Universe, well worth reading for the hooked."
There are two prequels, as yet unpublished: LOCAL CUSTOM and SCOUT'S
PROGRESS.  The next book (known variously as PLAN B, MEDIA RES and
FLARAN CHA'MENTHI) has not yet been written; the authors were waiting
for the last of the out-of-print books to revert to them.  [Extracted from a
Liaden home page by Steve Miller and Sharon Lee [kinzel@mint.net and
rolanni@mint.net.]

Courtenay Footman [cpf@lightlink.com] reports that Lee and Miller say
that this happened at the end of May.

M. The next book in Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun series

The last volume of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun, EXODUS FROM THE
LONG SUN, was supposed to be published in the spring of 1995 but was
pushed back.  It has been delivered to the publisher, and will appear
in November 1996.

N. The next book in Stephen Donaldson's Gap series

The last book in Stephen R. Donaldson's Gap series, THE GAP INTO RUIN:
THIS DAY ALL GODS DIE, is scheduled to be released May 1996 by Bantam
Spectra in the US and April 1996 by HarperCollins in Britain.
[Provided by Chad Lundgren (lundgren@unm.edu).]

O. The fourth book of Alexei Panshin's Anthony Villers series

Three books were published in the Anthony Villers series: STAR WELL,
THE THURB REVOLUTION, and MASQUE WORLD.  A fourth book was promised at
the end of the third book and was to be titled, THE UNIVERSAL
PANTOGRAPH.  It was never published.

P. The next Merlin book from Nikolai Tolstoy

Though there was promised a sequel to Tolstoy's book, Tolstoy lost a
libel case (long story having to do with what some British officers did
and didn't do in 1945) a few years ago and is legally bankrupt, and
whatever money he might be able to make writing books would go to the
folks who won the case.  It is unlikely, therefore, that he will spend
the effort.

[Provided by Ahasuerus the Wandering Jew (ahasuer@clark.net).]

Q. The sequel to THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE

The sequel is titled THE MOAT AROUND MURCHESON'S EYE in Great Britain and
THE GRIPPING HAND in the United States.

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13. Clarke's Laws

(This entry was written by Mark Brader.)

Clarke's Law, later Clarke's First Law, can be found in the essay
"Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination", in the collection
"Profiles of the Future", 1962, revised 1973, Harper & Row, paperback
by Popular Library, ISBN 0-445-04061-0.  It reads:

# [1]		When a distinguished but elderly scientist
#		states that something is possible, he is almost
#		certainly right.  When he states that something
#		is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

Note that the adverbs in the two sentences are different.  Clarke continues:

#	Perhaps the adjective "elderly" requires definition.  In physics,
#	mathematics, and astronautics it means over thirty; in the other
#	disciplines, senile decay is sometimes postponed to the forties.
#	There are, of course, glorious exceptions; but as every researcher
#	just out of college knows, scientists of over fifty are good for
#	nothing but board meetings, and should at all costs be kept out
#	of the laboratory!

Isaac Asimov added a further comment with Asimov's Corollary to Clarke's
Law, which he expounded in an essay logically titled "Asimov's Corollary".
This appeared in the February 1977 issue of F&SF, and can be found in the
collection "Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright", 1978, Doubleday; no ISBN on
my copy.  Asimov's Corollary reads:

% [1AC]		When, however, the lay public rallies round an
%		idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly
%		scientists and supports that idea with great fervor
%		and emotion -- the distinguished but elderly
%		scientists are then, after all, probably right.


So much for Clarke's First Law.  A few pages later on, in the final
paragraph of the same essay, Clarke writes:

# [2]		But the only way of discovering the limits of the
#		possible is to venture a little way past them into
#		the impossible.

To this he attaches a footnote:

#	The French edition of [presumably, the first edition of] this
#	book rather surprised me by calling this Clarke's Second Law.
#	(See page [number] for the First, which is now rather well-
#	known.)  I accept the label, and have also formulated a Third:
#
# [3]		Any sufficiently advanced technology is
#		indistinguishable from magic.
#
#	As three laws were good enough for Newton, I have modestly
# 	decided to stop there.

[Provided by Mark Brader [msb@sq.com].]


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14. SF themes in music

A list of songs which have science fictional themes is maintained by
Rich Kulawiec.  This list is posted to news.answers periodically.  If
you can not find it there, e-mail Rich at rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu.
Alternate e-mail addresses for Rich are rsk@ecn.purdue.edu or
pur-ee!rsk.  [Provide3d by Rich Kulawiec [rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu].]


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15. Oldest Living SF Authors

Based on Tuck's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SF AND FANTASY, the oldest living SF
writers are:

    Naomi Mitchison, 1897
    Curt Siodmak, 10 AUG 1902
    L. Sprague De Camp, 27 NOV 1907
    Jack Williamson, 29 APR 1908
    Carl Jacobi, 1908
    Samuel Mines, 4 OCT 1909
    Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, 1910
    David Kyle, 1912
    Andre Norton, 1912
    A. E. van Vogt, 26 APR 1912
    William Burroughs, 15 FEB 1914
    R. A. Lafferty, 7 NOV 1914
    Wilson ("Bob") Tucker, 23 NOV 1914
    Charles L. Harness, 29 DEC 1915
    Robert ("Doc") Lowndes, 4 SEP 1916
    George Turner, 1916
    Jack Vance, 28 AUG 1916
    Arthur C. Clarke, 16 DEC 1917
    Philip Jose Farmer, 26 JAN 1918
    E. C. Tubb, 15 OCT 1919
    Frederik Pohl, 26 NOV 1919
    Sam Moskowitz, 30 JUN 1920
    Ray Bradbury, 22 AUG 1920
    Stanislaw Lem, 1921
    Kenneth Bulmer, 14 JAN 1921
    Damon Knight, 20 SEP 1922
    George H. Smith, 22 OCT 1922
    Kurt Vonnegut, 11 NOV 1922

Worthy of mention are Frank Belknap Long, who died in 1994 at the age of
90, and E. Hoffman Price, who also died in 1988, also at the age of 90,
and had published novels at 81, 82, 84, 85, 88, and 89.

"Ahasuerus" says, "The oldest SF writers *ever* were (probably) Adolf De
Castro (Danziger) (1859-04 Mar 1959) and Eden Phillpotts
(11 Apr 1862-29 Dec 1960). 

Note: Do not post that X is dead unless you have heard this from a
reputable source, such as a daily newspaper, or a reputable fan or
author.  Postings in other groups on the Net, and statements from
friends such as, "Isn't X dead?" are not reputable sources!
[Provided by Evelyn Leeper [eleeper@lucent.com].]


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16. Black SF authors

Are there any black SF authors?

Yes.  The three most prominent are Samuel Delany, Octavia Butler and
Steven Barnes.  Others are Nancy Farmer  (THE EYE, THE EAR, AND THE ARM;
young adult), John L. Faucette (AGE OF RUIN, CROWN OF INFINITY), Jewelle
Gomez (THE GILDA STORIES, vampire epic), Virginia Hamilton ("The Justice
Cycle" trilogy and young adult fantasies), A. M. Lightner (DAY OF THE
DRONES; mostly young adult novels), Frieda Murray, Jewell Parker Rhodes
(VOODOO DREAMS, a novel about Marie Laveau), Charles R. Saunders
(IMARO and THE QUEST FOR CUSH), and Nisi Shawl (short stories).

Butler and Hamilton have both won MacArthur Grants and are the only two
SF writers to have done so.

[Provided by Evelyn Leeper [eleeper@lucent.com].]

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17. Good SF bookstores in town Z and ordering by mail

Evelyn C. Leeper (eleeper@lucent.com) maintains several lists of
bookstores in various North American, European, and Asian cities and
posts them quarterly to r.a.s.w, typically around the 25th.  These lists
are *not* SF specific, but extensive commentary makes it pretty
easy to sort those stores out from the rest.

She also maintains a list of bookstores in various countries that 
will ship books by mail.  It is published monthly in the same places as
the above lists.  [Provided by Evelyn Leeper [eleeper@lucent.com].]

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18. What is Johnny Rico's ethnic group in STARSHIP TROOPERS?

From page 205 of the 1968 Berkeley edition (end of Chapter XIII):

    I said, "There ought to be one named _Magsaysay_."
    Bennie said, "What?"
    "Ramon Magsaysay," I explained.  "Great man, great soldier -- probably
  be chief of psychological warfare if he was alive today. "Didn't you
  study any history?"
    "Well," admitted Bennie, "I learned that Simo'n Bolivar built the
  Pyramids, licked the Armada, and made the first trip to the Moon."
    "You left out marrying Cleopatra," I said.
    "Oh, that.  Yup.  Well, I guess every country has its own version of
  history."
    "I'm sure of it." I added something to myself and Bennie said, "What
  did you say?"
    "Sorry, Bernardo. Just an old saying in my own language.  I suppose
  you could translate it, more or less, as `Home is where the heart is.'"
    "But what language was it?"
    "Tagalog.  My native language."
    "Don't they talk Standard English where you come from?"
    "Oh, certainly.  For business and school and so forth.  We just talk
  the old speech around home a little.  Traditions, you know."
    "Yeah, I know.  My folks chatter in Espan~ol the same way.  But where
  do you--"  The speaker started playing "Meadowland"; Bennie broke into
  a grin.  "Got a date with a ship!  Watch yourself, fellow!  See you."

There is no room at all left for misinterpretation.  Johnny Rico is a
Filipino; Tagalog is a Philippine language, Ramon Magsaysay was a hero
of the Philippine resistance, and many Filipinos have Spanish names.

[Provided by Eric Raymond.]

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19. In what order should I read Lois McMaster Bujold's "Vorkosigan" series? 

Opinion seems to be divided to reading them in order of the internal
chronology (to avoid spoilers) or in order of publication.  In either
case, MIRROR DANCE, should be read last or the reader will likely miss
some important connections. And I recommend reading SHARDS OF HONOR
first in either case.  The more recent editions of the Baen paperbacks
have an internal chronology in the back of each book.

By order of publication, the books in the series are SHARDS OF HONOR
(1986), THE WARRIOR'S APPRENTICE (1986), ETHAN OF ATHOS (1986), FALLING
FREE (1988), BORDERS OF INFINITY (1989), BROTHERS IN ARMS (1989), THE VOR
GAME (1990), BARRAYAR (1991), MIRROR DANCE (1994), and CETAGANDA (1996).
FALLING FREE and ETHAN OF AtHOS are basically independent of the other
storylines. Bujold's other book, THE SPIRIT RING, is a fantasy not set in
the same universe. 

By internal chronology (my recommendation), the order is FALLING FREE
(peripheral), SHARDS OF HONOR, BARRAYAR, THE WARRIOR'S APPRENTICE, the
short story "The Mountains of Mourning" in BORDERS OF INFINITY, THE VOR
GAME, CETAGANDA, ETHAN OF ATHOS (peripheral), the short story "Labyrinth"
in BORDERS Of INFINITY, the short story "Borders of Infinity" in BORDERS
OF INFINITY, BROTHERS IN ARMS, and MIRROR DANCE. 

[People have sent many variations to this, based on which books they think
are stronger or weaker.  I will not include all the arguments here.]

The next title is MEMORY (chronologically after MIRROR DANCE); the Baen
Books home page says it is coming October 1996.

[Provided by Peter L. Edman [pledman@access.digex.net] and
robertaw@halcyon.com [Robert A. Woodward].]

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20. Science Fiction Book Club

About once a year someone asks about the SFBC and the resulting
discussion inevitably goes like this:

A: I love it.  I get hard cover books for about half the bookstore
   price.  Plus they have these omnibus editions of various series so
   you can pick up several books in one volume.  The binding may not be
   up to regular hardcover standards, but it's still better than
   paperback.

B: Yeah, but I keep losing the monthly cards and end up buying or having
   to send back books that I don't want.

C: You should do like I did.  I called them up and got on the
   "Preferred Member Plan".  On this plan I only get books when I send
   back the card.

D: But the selections for joining are no good.

E. The best thing to do, for anybody who wants to join, is to find
   someone who is already a member, and fill out the "sign up a friend"
   form that members get.  Then you get to pick your books from the
   current club flier, which has a much better selection and includes
   descriptions.  And your friend gets a free book (or is it two?).

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21. Recent Obituaries

[These are brief entries for well-known SF personalities who have died
over the past year.  People who want more information should check the
obituary columns in LOCUS or major newspapers for the dates listed.]

Vera Chapman died 14 May 1996 at the age of 98.  She was the author of
THE THREE DAMOSELS and other fantasy novels.  [Note: She should have
been listed in item 15, "Oldest Living SF Authors," having been born 7
May 1898.]

David Lasser died 5 May 1996 at the age of 94.  He was a space pioneer,
labor organizer, and science fiction editor (SCIENCE WONDER STORIES,
1927-?).

Frank Riley (Frank Wilbert Ryhlick) died 24 April 1996 at the age of
80.  He was the co-author 9with Mark Clifton) of THEY'D RATHER BE RIGHT
(a.k.a. THE FOREVER MACHINE), the winner of the 1955 Hugo for Best
Novel.  While he wrote a few other SF stories for IF in the 1950s, he
was basically a non-SF writer.

P. L. Travers (Pamela Lynwood Travers, born Helen Lyndon Goff) died 23
April 1996 at the age of either 90 or 96.  She was the author of the
"Mary Poppins" books.  She received an O.B.E. in 1977.

Evangeline Walton died 11 March 1996 of pneumonia.  She was 89 years
old.  She was best known as the author of several books based on the
Mabinogion, including THE ISLAND OF THE MIGHTY, THE CHILDREN OF LLYR,
THE SONG OF RHIANNON, and PRINCE OF ANNWN, and received the World
Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989.  [Note: She should have
been listed in item 15, "Oldest Living SF Authors," having been born 24
November 1907.]

Richards Powers, one of the most famous of the 1950s cover artists of
SF, died 9 March 1996 of a stroke.  He was 75 years old.

H. L. Gold, founding editor of GALAXY, died 21 February 1996 of
arteriosclerosis.  He was 81 years old.

Elsie Wollheim, wife and business partner of DAW books founder Donald
A. Wollheim, died the week of 19 February 1996.  Up to the time of her
death, she worked at DAW and was a major influence on the DAW line.

Brian Daley died on 11 February 1996, after a prolonged struggle with
cancer.  He was 48 years old.  He is survived by his wife Lucia Robson,
the bestselling novelist.  Shortly before his death Mr. Daley finished
the radioplay for RETURN OF THE JEDI, after which he returned to work
on a monumental science fiction novel GAMMALAW for which he had already
delivered more than fifteen hundred pages.

Bob Shaw died in his sleep 11 February 1996, in Manchester, England.
He was 64 years old.  He had just remarried a few weeks ago (to
American fan Nancy Tucker).  He is probably best known to readers of
rec.arts.sf.written as the author of the story about a special kind of
glass that light takes years to pass through: LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS (also
known as OTHER DAYS, OTHER EYES).  (See item #1.)

Sam Merwin Jr. died 13 January 1996.  He was 85 years old.  He edited
two of the three best magazines in the genre in the late 1940s,
STARTLING STORIES and THRILLING WONDER STORIES, and was also a
well-known author of SF.

Walter M. Miller, Jr., died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound the week
of 8 January 1996.  He left 600 pages of an unfinished sequel to
CANTICLE FOR LIEBOWITZ.  It will be finished for publication by Terry
Bisson.

G. C. Edmondson, author of THE SHIP THAT SAILED THE TIME STREAM, died
of cancer 14 December 1995.  [Note: He should have been listed in item
15, "Oldest Living SF Authors," having been born 11 October 1922.]

Margaret St. Clair died 22 November 1995.  She wrote science fiction
in the Forties through the Seventies.  [Note: She should have been
listed in item 15, "Oldest Living SF Authors," having been born 17
February 1911.]

Roger Zelazny died on 14 June 1995 in St. Vincent's Hospital in Santa
Fe, New Mexico, of liver failure brought on by colon/rectal cancer.
He had been ill for some time, but had not publicized his illness.
Memorial donations may be made in his name to the SFWA Emergency
Medical Fund.  Include on your check's memo line the information that
the contribution is being made to the fund in memory of Roger Zelazny
and mail to: SFWA, Inc. / Mickey Zucker Reichert, Treasurer /
1960 Elder Avenue / Nichols, IA 52766.

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22. SF ENCYCLOPEDIA et al

P Nielsen Hayden (pnh@tor.com) says:

I think we're all going to be confused about this forever.  In a wan
attempt to straighten out what's what:

The original ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION edited by Peter Nicholls
(1979) had pictures.

The completely revised ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION edited by John
Clute and Peter Nicholls (1993) has no pictures.  [In the US, this
volume was titled THE SCIENCE FICTION ENCYCLOPEDIA.  -Joe Bernstein]

The CD-ROM edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION (1995) has
pictures, audio clips, Quicktime movies of authors, etc, in addition to
the entire text of the 1993 edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA.

The SCIENCE FICTION: THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA by John Clute (1995)
has tons of pictures, but is a completely separate work not based on
the ENCYCLOPEDIA.  (I bet Clute was less than wild about the publishers'
insistence on giving this volume a name that will forever lead to it
being confused with the actual ENCYCLOPEDIA.)

THE VISUAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION is a 1977 work by Brian Ash.

All of the above works are worthwhile.  The ENCYCLOPEDIA is a serious 
reference work; the VISUAL ENCYCLOPEDIA is a fun coffee-table book.

[end of Neilsen Hayden's comments]

I would add that there are also:
	Donald H. Tuck's 1974-1982 three-volume set, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
		OF SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY.  No illustrations.
	Robert Holdstock's 1978 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION.
		Illustrations.
	James E. Gunn's 1975 ALTERNATE WORLDS: THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
		OF SCIENCE FICTION.  Illustrations.  (Okay, so it doesn't
		use the word "encyclopedia" and is more a "serious
		coffee-table book, but it seems pertient to mention it
		here.)
	James E. Gunn's 1988 NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION.
		Illustrations.

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23. What is the difference between "mass-market" and "trade" paperbacks?
What about A, B, and C format in Britain?

What is the difference between trade paperback and mass market: the
channels of distribution.  Trade paperbacks do not go through the
wholesale distribution mechanism.

How does size relate:  It doesn't.  The reason that a number of trade
paperbacks are oversized is that they are manufactured from the actual
sheets printed for the hardcover edition, but bound in paper wrappers.

Does being strippable make a difference:  Yes.  All mass market books are
strippable.  Any book that is distributed through both mass market and
direct channels is strippable.  [Strippable means that the retailer needs
to return only the cover for full credit; the rest of the book is
destroyed.]

Books that are distributed -only- though trade channels, be they hardcover
or soft cover, are usually sold on the basis of whole copy returns.

[Provided by Beth  Meacham [bam@azstarnet.com].]

And on the British side:

"A format" is the same as a US mass market size.  "B format" is bigger,
sort of like an Orb book.  "C format" is yuppieback, excuse me, trade
paperback, the size of a hardback but with a soft cover.  Any of these
may be trade, same definition here as there, but "C format" always
are.

[Provided by Jo Walton [Jo@kenjo.demon.co.uk].]

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24. What do the letters "PJF" after Steven Brust's name mean?

PJF = Pre-Joycean Fellowship

The name is modelled on that of an artist's group named the
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.  A number of writers have appended it
including Brust, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Jane Yolen, Pamela Dean and
Neil Gaiman (this is not an exhaustive list).  Many, but not all of
them are members of Minneapolis Fantasy Writer's Group, the
Scribblies.

In the words of Pamela Dean, here is roughly what the PJF is trying to
do:

   "... we are trying to undo the separation of the so-called popular
   values and traits in literature (which probably include straight-
   forward narration) and the so-called literary values and traits
   (which probably include stream-of-consciousness writing).  We don't
   always succeed; we don't always try; we don't feel that writers
   doing other things are evil.  But we are trying to reunite, in our
   work, the popular and the literary.  Every one of us has a different
   definition of those terms and a different notion of how what we are
   trying to do should be accomplished."

Will Shetterly adds:

"Good FAQ, but, uh, what's this Minnesota Fantasy Writer's Group? The
Scribblies are either just the Scribblies, or they're the Interstate
Writer's Workshop (which isn't true anymore since all the current members
are in Minnesota, but that was our excuse for calling ourselves the
Scribblies)."

And later:

"I keep fighting the impulse to discuss this semi-seriously. I think I've
lost. Unfortunately, I wrote a couple of messages which I discarded and a
couple which I posted, and I can't remember what was in which. So here's
the very latest attempt at the full history of the PJF:

I may be wrong, but I believe the name was my invention.  It was primarily
a joke inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.  A number of us were
fond of talking about how frustrating it is that bookstores, academics,
and readers have a tendency to divide stories into the categories of
fiction and literature, or story and art, or fun and serious work.  We like
the stuff that does both, like (everyone's favorite, especially Pamela
Dean's) Shakespeare, who includes fart jokes for the rich and powerful and
poetry for the people (and vice versa, of course).  We tended to think this
tendency to contentedly divide writing into two camps blossomed after
Joyce, whose work has a great deal for the educated reader, but can be
rather frustrating for the ignorant one.  Keep in mind that when I either
created or agreed to the title of PJF, I did that as someone who likes
Joyce's writing a great deal (I haven't tried FINNEGAN'S WAKE, and am in
no hurry to do so).  In retrospect, it might've been better to use James
than Joyce, or it might've been better to accept the label of
"post-modern," which describes our intentions as well as any label.  But
also keep in mind that this was never meant to be a serious movement; it
was an excuse for a few friends to get together and argue about books.  We
only succeeded in having one meeting at a bar, where we had fun but didn't
really talk about books much, and then it would've all been forgotten if
Steve hadn't decided to put "PJF" after his name on one of his books, just
as some of the PRB did when signing their paintings.  So it's an
accidentally serious group that's still primarily a joke."

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98. Science Fiction Archives

The SF-LOVERS archives are in sflovers.rutgers.edu.  THey have just
been moved to this machine and further information will be forthcoming.

There is also a hypertext archive, the Speculative Fiction Clearing
House, maintained by John Leavitt, at
	http://thule.mt.cs.cmu.edu:8001/sf-clearing-house/
[Info provided by Robert Schmunk, rbs@pnaix.com]

For European readers, you may want to access the archives at the Lysator
Computer Club, Linkoping University, Sweden.  It's e-mail address is
ftp.lysator.liu.se (130.236.254.1).  The administrator is Mats Ohrman
(email: matoh@sssab.se).  The bibliographies are in directory
/pub/sf-texts.


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