Cyhist Jul 3 1996 C

Sender: "Mike O'Brien" Subject: Re: CM> Discussion Lists, Rubik's Cube 1980-96.

Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 23:00:52 -0700
From: Alan Bawden
Does SF-Lovers still live on in some incarnation?

Yes it does. It's long-time moderator is Saul Jaffe. The moderator
address is . It remains a Digest, unchanged
in form and format from its earliest days, except that it is now cross-
gatewayed to a number of Usenet groups which actually carry most of the
posted traffic picked up by the list. Long-term and extensive problems with
the Rutgers mailer forced Saul to buy a Pentium-class machine running UNIX
out of his own pocket to support the list. I know of no more dedicated
moderator.

Others with better access to records will be able to say in what year
SF-LOVERS finally picked up a long-delayed Hugo award. There was an
attempt early on to nominate it for a Hugo, but the effort was scotched
by the moderator (then, I think, Roger Duffey). He feared grave consequences
if the list actually won the award, forcing the blind eye then being
turned by the authorities to suddenly regain sight.

Mike O'Brien
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