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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Finding new (to you) SFF to read
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:00:58 -0600
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On 11/17/2024 5:54 PM, Ahasuerus wrote:
> On 11/13/2024 9:10 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 11/13/2024 7:18 PM, Tony Nance wrote:
>>> On 11/11/24 6:16 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> On 11/11/2024 10:00 AM, Tony Nance wrote:
>>>>> [snip-snip]
>>>>> Where do you go to help you find new things to read?
>>>>
>>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/
>>>
>>> Excellent - thanks!
>>
>> There are about 10 or 20 SF (speculative fiction) groups on reddit 
>> BTW. I have already gotten thrown out of one of them (wormfanfic).  
>> Here is another one:
>>
>>     https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/
> 
> Both /r/printSF and /r/Fantasy are worth a look. /r/PrintSF is a 
> moderate-volume low-drama subreddit with a decent number of 
> knowledgeable contributors who have different tastes. Some like Watts 
> and Egan, others like Le Guin, Banks, Butler, Pratchett, etc. In theory, 
> it covers all types of *published* speculative books/magazines, but most 
> discussions are about science fiction.
> 
> /r/Fantasy is a high-volume subreddit. Like /r/PrintSF, it covers all 
> kinds of speculative fiction plus SF games, movies, etc. In reality, 
> however, it's mostly about fantasy, especially books. Contributors vary 
> greatly, from very new to the genre to experienced SF authors. Also, it 
> is more likely to contain threads like "A fantasy series that will make 
> me cry and obliterate me" and "Am I the only one crying with [author 
> name's] books?".
> 
> /r/WormFanfic is for discussions of fanfiction based on the work of John 
> C. "Wildbow" McCrae, especially his first Web serial _Worm_ (2011-2013, 
> 1.67 million words). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worm_(web_serial) has 
> a plot outline, which includes massive spoilers. (Note that _Worm_ 
> spoilers are a very big deal because the serial is one huge secret 
> history, which we learn about one layer at a time.)
> 
> Since _Worm_ is so long and covers so many things -- interesting 
> superpowers, trauma, world-building, clever subplots which you don't 
> even recognize as such until the end of the serial, etc -- Worm-based 
> fanfics tend to concentrate on a subset of the issues explored in the 
> _Worm_ canon. Some authors are interested in character trauma. Some are 
> after "cool powers". Some like to write "fix fics". At this point more 
> than 15,000 Worm fics have been posted.
> 
> The result is that different types of fics tend to be published on 
> different Web sites with different reader expectations and different 
> moderation rules. /r/WormFanfic covers all of them (with limits imposed 
> on discussions of NSFW fics), although their heterogeneity occasionally 
> makes it a challenge.

I was wondering when you would jump in.  I am reading "Callsign: Owl" at 
the moment.
  
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/callsign-owl.87596/#post-19481594

Lynn