New Look and Content for SF-Worlds

SF-Worlds.Com as it looks in 2021.

Before there was SF-Fandom.Com there was SF-Worlds.Com. The first "sister site" to Xenite.Org, SF-Worlds began as a resource for entertainment news. In the 1990s the original Netscape company created the RSS format. RSS was short for "Rich Site Summary", although in the years since people have redefined it to mean "really simple syndication". The RSS format was used by many sites to publish news stories for distribution on other sites.

SF-Worlds published RSS widgets with entertainment news of interest to science fiction fans. Unfortunately, the dot-com meltdown of the year 2000 drove many experimental Internet companies out of business. The RSS feeds stopped working and we had to find something else to do with the site. Over the years, it became a repository for old articles and ideas that - for whatever reason - didn't work on other sites. But SF-Worlds has always had a loyal following.

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.