This list goes back to December 1996, which is when the compiler's collection of missives starts. If any reader has details for any period before this, please contact soc-cusfs at lists dot cam dot ac dot uk.
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Douglas Adams | 08/03/98, 07/05/00, 24/11/02 |
| Brian Aldiss | 09/03/03 |
| Isaac Asimov | 24/10/99 |
| Iain M. Banks | 30/11/97, 04/11/01 |
| Clive Barker | 19/01/97 |
| Ray Bradbury | 03/02/02 |
| Marion Zimmer Bradley | 09/05/99, 26/01/03 |
| David Brin | 23/01/00 |
| John Brunner | 29/04/01 |
| Lois McMaster Bujold | 04/03/01 (advertised as William Gibson) |
| Lois McMaster Bujold and militaristic SF | 25/11/01 |
| Octavia E. Butler | 10/03/02 |
| Orson Scott Card | 26/11/00 |
| Lewis Carroll | 18/11/01 |
| C. J. Cherryh | 01/12/96, 31/01/99 |
| Arthur C. Clarke | 18/10/98 |
| John Crowley | 09/03/97, 25/02/01 |
| Samuel Delany | 22/02/98 |
| Philip K. Dick | 23/02/97, 04/02/01 |
| Stephen Donaldson | 18/01/98 |
| Lord Dunsany | 25/01/98 |
| David Eddings | 25/04/99 |
| Greg Egan | 26/10/97, 22/10/00 |
| Neil Gaiman | 26/04/98, 29/10/00 |
| Alan Garner | 29/11/98 |
| David Gemmell | 15/11/98, 15/02/04 |
| Mary Gentle | 28/01/01, 09/05/04 |
| William Gibson | 04/03/01 (became Lois McMaster Bujold) |
| Terry Goodkind | 11/02/01 |
| Peter F. Hamilton | 28/11/99, 26/10/03 |
| Harry Harrison | 02/05/99 |
| Robert Heinlein | 10/05/98 |
| Frank Herbert | 08/02/04 |
| Robin Hobb / Megan Lindholm | 19/10/03 |
| Robert Holdstock | 28/02/99 |
| Diana Wynne Jones | 27/05/01 |
| Guy Gavriel Kay | 02/02/97 |
| Stephen King | 31/10/99 |
| Ursula K. Le Guin | 12/03/00, 16/11/03 |
| C. S. Lewis | 15/10/00 |
| H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu mythos | 24/01/99 |
| R. A. MacAvoy | 14/11/99 |
| Ken MacLeod | 13/02/00 |
| Anne McCaffrey | 27/04/97, 22/11/98, 05/05/02 |
| Juliet McKenna | 03/03/02 |
| China Miéville | 21/10/01 |
| Elizabeth Moon | 11/03/01 |
| Michael Moorcock | 27/02/00 |
| Mervyn Peake | 14/05/00 |
| Frederik Pohl | 04/05/03 |
| Tim Powers | 30/04/00 |
| Terry Pratchett | 12/10/97, 11/05/03 |
| Bob Shaw | 11/05/97 |
| Dan Simmons | 04/05/97 |
| Cordwainer Smith | 21/01/01 |
| E. E. "Doc" Smith | 01/03/98 |
| Michael Marshall Smith | 17/01/99 |
| Brian Stableford | 23/02/03 |
| Neal Stephenson | 12/05/02 |
| J. R. R. Tolkien | 19/10/97, 11/10/98, 17/10/99, 27/01/02 |
| Vernor Vinge | 21/02/99 |
| H. G. Wells | 06/02/00 |
| Walter Jon Williams | 25/04/04 |
| Gene Wolfe | 02/03/03 |
| Roger Zelazny | 07/02/99 |
| Other Topics | |
|---|---|
| General | |
| "Can You Judge A Book By Its Cover?" - blurbs and artwork, spaceships and dragons (squash) | 08/10/00 |
| Comics and graphic novels | 29/02/04 |
| The End of the World | 07/03/99 |
| Favourite author | 16/11/97, 25/10/98, 21/11/99, 12/11/00, 14/10/01, 27/10/02, 02/11/03 |
| Festivals in SF & fantasy | 01/12/02 |
| CUSFS Hall of Fame | 07/03/04 |
| New authors | 09/02/03 |
| "Out of Sight, Out of Mind?" - television & film vs literature (squash) | 10/10/99 |
| Religion in fantasy and SF | 02/05/04 |
| "Same World, Different Author" | 08/02/98 |
| Science evening: "Enough of Fiction, here's some Science!" | 11/11/01 |
| Sex and sexuality in fantasy and SF | 25/01/04 |
| Trilogies and beyond | 27/04/03 |
| SF | |
| AI and machine consciousness in SF | 09/02/97 |
| Aliens in SF | 20/01/02 |
| Cyberpunk | 01/11/98 |
| "What is 'hardness' and do we need it?" | 26/01/97 |
| Mars | 03/11/02 |
| Politics in SF | 02/03/97 |
| Space combat | 05/03/00 |
| Space opera | 18/01/04 |
| SF and technology | 23/11/03 |
| Time travel | 28/04/02 |
| Virtual worlds | 19/01/03 |
| Media | |
| Babylon 5 | 02/11/97 |
| Buffy, Angel and Firefly: the Whedonverse | 16/05/04 |
| Dr Who | 01/02/98, 19/11/00, 20/10/02 |
| Star Trek | 24/02/02 |
| Star Wars | 17/11/02 |
| Fantasy | |
| Battle and bloodshed in fantasy | 10/02/02 |
| "Forward the Revolution!" - do all fantasy novels have to be set in feudal societies? (Althing discussion) | 30/01/00 |
| "Fairy Stories, Epic Quests and Things which go in Threes" | 03/05/98 |
| Fairy tales | 30/11/03 |
| "Harry Potter and the Simplified Storyline" - is children's fantasy worth reading? | 13/05/01 |
| How magic works | 06/05/01 |
| Magic and sorcery | 30/01/04 |
| Swords and sorcery | 23/11/97 |
Last update: 24 June 2004, by Mark Waller
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