SF-Fandom Has a New Look

SF-Fandom's Home Page, 2021

2021 marks the 20th year that SF-Fandom has been online. We launched the domain in 2001 to create a home for the old Xenite.Org science fiction and fantasy forums. We expanded the number of forums, changed software, and recruited a team of moderators to help us keep things moving smoothly.

Of course, there have been ups and downs. Many forum sections have come and gone, but through the years SF-Fandom has always been there for people who want to talk about their favorite SF topics in safe, non-toxic discussion groups.

We've lost a few people along the way, including Dixie Harrison - co-founder of SF-Fandom - and Paul Goode, an amazing Andre Norton fan who always had kind words for everyone.

SF Fandom Web Forums Have Moved

We have upgraded our Web forums and moved them to their own subdomain.

You can now visit the SF-Fandom Forums at this location:

https://forums.sf-fandom.com/

Middle-earth News: Christopher Tolkien Resigned from Tolkien Estate, and More

Christopher Tolkien submitted his resignation as a director for the Tolkien Estate (established 2012) effective August 29. The news only came to light for the vast majority of us in the past 1-2 days. Tolkien Brasil was the first Website to publish the story, although the Middle-earth Blog at Xenite.Org is being credited by many sites with being the first. Well, we were the first English language blog to carry the news. I think the Tolkien Brasil folks may have learned about the news from a Reddit discussion, but I didn't think to check with them.

You Can Help Finance an Independent SciFi Film - And You Should

Benjamin Capps is an actor and independent film producer who is looking for help in financing his next project.  He needs to raise about $10,000 by the end of April.  The film is called "Civet" and it's a "sci-fi horror movie", according to Capps.  He has already produced a 9-minute film called "It Grows Dark" (see below) that has earned him some attention, so it's not like I'm suggesting you give a complete unknown producer a shot.

Happy Birthday to Xenite.org

It has been just a little over 20 years since I launched the Xenite.Org Network. I'd like to say "how time flies when you're having fun" but, damn, it feels like it's been twenty years since it all began. Technically, it has been longer. I can trace my "Web"-like experience back to the first days I uploaded files for sharing on CompuServe. And, in fact, it was CompuServe where I published my first Website in 1996. But Xenite.Org is where things really started happening and I hope people will appreciate the long retrospective article I wrote titled "20 Years of Science Fiction and Fantasy: The Many Faces of Xenite.Org". While it runs to 6,000 words, the 10th Anniversary special feature included many articles and took about half a day to get through. It was worth it.