SFF Newgroup Posts

Accessing Newsgroup Archives by FTP For a very limited time (now through through mid-morning April 2nd, 2017), you may access the newsgroup archives using FTP. Here are the settings you’ll need: Host: archives.sff.net Protocol: FTP Port: 21 Encryption: Explicit FTP (also known as FTPS) Logon type: Normal/unencrypted Username: your own SFF Net username Password: yourContinue reading “SFF Newgroup Posts”

As Seen on TV Tropes

Y’all know TV Tropes, right?  You know to pack a sandwich and carry a canteen when you go there. Well, I’m pleased to announce that two of our books have their own pages at TV Tropes.  Not only that, but they’re categorized at literature!  Here you go: The Apocalypse Door The Confessions of Peter CrossmanContinue reading “As Seen on TV Tropes”

Fifty Shades of Grape

I see from the posters outside my local cinema (local = forty-five minute drive in good weather, assuming no logging trucks) that the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey is about to hit the screen. As it happens, a while back I watched the first Fifty Shades movie on DVD, because, among other things, theContinue reading “Fifty Shades of Grape”

Where O Where Has My Middle-Earth Gone?

Where is The Lord of the Rings set?  I say it’s the Americas.  Here’s why:  Pipeweed.  That’s tobacco, sure enough, and that’s a native American species.  Potatoes.  Same deal: the Americas. The Great River.  Nothing in Europe, and especially nothing in England, can compare with either the Mighty Mississippi or the Amazon.   Conclusion:  TheContinue reading “Where O Where Has My Middle-Earth Gone?”