Henneth Annûn Yahoo Group
| Mailing List | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Henneth Annûn Yahoo Group |
| Date(s): | April 2002 - 2019 |
| Moderated: | |
| Type: | discussion |
| Fandom: | Tolkien |
| Scope: | fanfiction |
| URL: | Henneth Annûn Yahoo Group |
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Henneth Annûn Yahoo Group is an email discussion group; the topic was fanfiction.
It began in April 2002 and was especially vigorous through 2007. As of 2015, it was still active, though posts were few.
As of 2015, it had 1471 members.
The site's front page featured different artists each month.
Description
Welcome to our salon. Join us and hone your skills as a Tolkien fan fiction writer or just hang out to enjoy the conversation and camaraderie of like minded authors and Tolkien fans. If you like to talk or write about Tolkien, the books, the movies or fan fiction, you are welcome here. All things Tolkien, from the silly to the sublime are in order in this discussion group.
History
Henneth Annûn Story Archive grew out of discussion on this Yahoo! Group. [1] List members were unsatisfied with the general quality of stories in the Lord of the Rings section of FanFiction.Net, which they felt was inundated with Legolas/Mary Sue, Tenth Walker, and other unsophisticated stories, as well as the site's heavy advertising. Other non-commercial, high-quality Tolkien archives existed, but most were limited by genre (e.g. slash-only or slash-excluding), by pairing, or to a small group of authors.
Group members Anglachel and Aralanthiriel proposed the creation of an archive associated with this Yahoo group on April 27, 2002. After an informal poll approved the suggestion, the archive's initial policies were hashed out through list discussions during April and May of 2002. Design and construction were conducted by group members Anglachel and adrienne, and the fiction archive went live in June 2002.[2]
At some point, the Henneth Annûn Story Archive disassociated from "Henneth Annûn Yahoo Group," and moved to the Tolkien Fan Fiction Archive.
References
- ^ Henneth-Annûn Yahoo group (requires membership). (Accessed October 24, 2008.)
- ^ Personal archive of Henneth-Annûn group messages. (Accessed October 24, 2008.)