wdr (03/24/83)
There has been some discussion in net.books lately about whether science fictionbooks should be discussed there or in net.sf-lovers. It appears we have two groups with intersecting domains: net.sf-lovers : Science (&Speculative & Fantasy) Fiction Books, Movies, rumours, conventions, trivia, etc. net.books : literature, books, libraries, publishing, etc. It is not true that all Science Fiction is not literature and that all Literature is not science fiction. <flame on> people who disagree with the preceeding sentence should form net.literature.pretentious. <flame off> The people who wish to discuss only the literature of Science Fiction will naturally gravitate to net.books, since net.sf-lovers covers such a wide range that limiting their reading to just literary discussion wears out the 'n' key. They are more likely to be interested in the remainder of net.books. Suggestions to break net.sf-lovers into net.sf.trivia, net.sf.movies, net.sf.books, net.sf=net.sf-lovers (and net.sf.movies.star-wars and net.sf.movies.star-trek have been suggested as well) have not been heeded. If the above schism in net.sf were to take place, perhaps net.sf.books could be aliased to net.books.sf? Except that net.books traffic so far hasn't been high enough to suggest splitting. so literary submissions to net.sf.books could be submitted to net.sf.books, net.books and not literary submissions to net.sf.books only. Bill Ricker wdr@security.uucp decvax!genrad[bo]!linus!security!wdr allegra!linus!security!wdr security!wdr@linus.uucp