eddings newsgroup; what is it, who created it, and when? -Cont.
a.f.e. is the home of Eddings fanatics worldwide. The newsgroup has a high level of traffic, several hundred posts a day, up from only a couple dozen only a few years ago. The control message sent to alt.config came from Bob Snyder, on behalf of Lydia Leong. The date was 17 May 1992. The reasons given for the creation of the new group was that the existing place for discussion about Eddings, rec.arts.sf.written, had a lot of flame wars about whether Eddings was a good writer or not. It was felt that fans’ questions were being lost as a result of these flame wars. Interestingly, alt.fan.eddings was created with the idea that it should also be a home for discussion about the Belgariad MUSH as well. A fuller history of the newsgroup, and a full copy of the control message can be seen at
a.f.e. is the home of Eddings fanatics worldwide. The newsgroup has a high level of traffic, several hundred posts a day, up from only a couple dozen only a few years ago. The control message sent to alt.config came from Bob Snyder, on behalf of Lydia Leong. The date was 17 May 1992. The reasons given for the creation of the new group was that the existing place for discussion about Eddings, rec.arts.sf.written, had a lot of flame wars about whether Eddings was a good writer or not. It was felt that fans’ questions were being lost as a result of these flame wars. Interestingly, alt.fan.eddings was created with the idea that it should also be a home for discussion about the Belgariad MUSH as well. A fuller history of the newsgroup, and a full copy of the control message can be seen at
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