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SF-LOVERS
| Mailing List | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SF-LOVERS |
| Date(s): | before 1980 |
| Moderated: | |
| Moderators/List Maintainers: | Saul Jaffe from Rugters |
| Founder(s): | Roger Duffy from MIT |
| Type: | |
| Fandom: | science fiction |
| URL: | sflovers.rutgers.edu (via Wayback) seems to be same group? |
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SF-LOVERS is a mailing list for science fiction fans.
It was created by Roger Duffy from MIT in 1979. In 1982, Saul Jaffe took over as moderator in October, 1983.
One Description by a Fan in 1993
What? Huh? That was my first impression when introduced to the above gobbledy-gook and the strange new world of Internet. Happily, once I jumped into the "Net" I discovered within its wealth of information a whole world of fellow science fiction lovers.
SF-LOVERS@RUTGERS.EDU is simply an electronic mail (or E-mail) address where science fiction fans can communicate with each other. This communication takes place via a discussion list. The e-mail address above indicates that SF-LOVERS is the name of the discussion list; RUTGERS is the location of the originator of the discussion list; and EDU is the trailing domain -- it indicates the type of organization where the computer is located. In this case, the SF-LOVERS discussion list originates from Rutgers University, an educational institution.
SF-LOVERS is available through Internet (or The Net), a world-wide web of thousands of computer networks that reaches millions of people. The Net’s original purpose was to give scientists and other researchers a fast and efficient communication tool. The Net spans over forty-five countries on all seven continents. Over 1.7 million computers are now directly linked to the Net.
This powerful research tool for scientists also became a favored mode of communication for people and groups that have common interests. Discussion lists on the Net and other computer networks range from doctors working toward a cure for AIDS (AIDSNEWS) to fans interested in the supernatural (VAMPYRES). No single network owns the Net; to get connected, all you need is a personal computer and a modem.
My boss (bless his little heart) showed me how to subscribe to discussion lists a few weeks ago. The day after I signed up for SF-LOVERS, I received E-mail on my work computer. So far I have read about a small controversy involving the Hugo nomination ballots, laments concerning the cancellation of Quantum Leap, and fan comments about the movie Jurassic Park. There was even a posting from Majel Barrett asking for fan support for the politically endangered Space Station.
SF-LOVERS is a large discussion list. Because science fiction encompasses so many different mediums, this discussion list has separate e-mail addresses for science fiction conventions, movies, TV, writers, and a miscellaneous address for anything else you might want to discuss. Messages to the list are batched and broadcast periodically by the owner or moderator of the list. [1]
Meta/Further Reading
- The Man Behind SF-LOVERS Science Fiction Discussion List by Karen Ann Yost (1993)
References
- ^ SF-LOVERS@RUTGERS.EDU, Archived version by Karen Yost (June/July 1993)