. RU.SF.NEWS FAQ Date: 17 Nov 96 From: Serge Berezhnoy Organization: Camelot-89 : rusfnews.faq : V2.4 17.11.1996 frequently asked ques tions (FAQ) - , RU.SF.NEWS , , , . ( - FAQ newsgroups). , , . - , / - (Serge Berezhnoy) 2:5030/581 barros@tf.spb.su. file request 2:5030/581 0 8 MSK ZMH rusfnfaq.arj. , netmail ( UUE), 2:5030/581 "SF-ROBOT", "FAQ" Subj. , . ==================================================================  : 6.3. ==================================================================  0. 1. ? 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. "" 1.5. 1.6. 1.7. 90-. 2. 3. (/) ()... 4. - ... 5. ? 6. 6.1. "" 6.2. "" 6.3. 7. 8. 9. , .. 9.0 ? 9.1. "" 9.2. "Amber Chronicles" ## 11, 12, 13... 9.3. "M.Y.T.H." ## 11, 12, 13... 9.4. ".."? 9.5. " "? 9.6. " " ? 10. 11. 12. BBS 13. Internet -------------------------------------------------------------- 0.  RU.SF.NEWS - , , . , , (, " ?"). , . , . : , , , , ! , ? ;) , : - , . , , . - ! () , . - ( RU.SF.NEWS ) - . , - . - , (, , ). - , , . - , - , - . , , - , . spoilers - , . Subject "(Spoiler!)". 1. ? RU.SF.NEWS , , , , . , , , -- . , . , , - , , . "" "speculative fiction", (science fiction), (fantasy) (horror) - . , . , : , , . 1.1. (Alternate history, Alternate world) ..- , . , " , ..." - " 1812 ", " ", " " . .. (, , " " ), ( " " ). , .. XIX . .. ( ): : Jack Williamson LEGION OF TIME [1938] Sprague L. de Camp LEST DARKNESS FALL [1939] Ward Moore BRING THE JUBILEE [1953] Poul Anderson GUARDIANS OF TIME [1960] Philip K. Dick THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE [1962] Philip K. Dick NOW WAIT FOR THE LAST YEAR [1967] Robert Silverberg GATE OF WORLDS [1967] Keith Roberts PAVANE [1968] Harry Harrison A TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL, HURRAH! [1972] Robert Harris FATHERLAND [1989] : - [1926] [1989] [1991] [1992] [1993] "" [1993] - .. [1993] [1994] 1980- ( ) . 1995 .. " ". 1995 " "". .. (HTML) URL: http://www.panix.com/~rbs/AH/ http://www.panix.com/~rbs/AH/ http://thule.mt.cs.cmu.edu:8001/sf-clearing-house/ http://thule.mt.cs.cmu.edu:8001/sf-clearing-house/ bibliographies/alternate-histories/ http://thule.mt.cs.cmu.edu:8001/bibliographies/alternate-histories/ (ASCII) URL: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/sf/alt_history/top.html http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/sf/alt_history/top.html ftp://sflovers.rutgers.edu/pub/sf-lovers/bibliographies/ ftp://sflovers.rutgers.edu/pub/sf-lovers/bibliographies/ alternate-histories.txt ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/sf-texts/lists/Alternate_History_v* ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/sf-texts/lists/ 1.2. (New Wave) 1961 P.Schuyler Miller. H.. , "NEW WORLDS", , 1964 - . - , Brian Aldiss J.G.Ballard, "" 1950- , Thomas Disch, Michael Moorcock, Robert Silverberg, Norman Spinrad, Harlan Ellison, Roger Zelazny, John Brunner, Charles Platt, Barrington J.Bayley, John T.Sladek, Samuel R.Delany, Christopher Priest. H.. , , " " , , (, ) - , , H.. . , - "Dangerous Visions" [1967] and "Again, Dangerous Visions" [1972], , H.. Joanna Russ, Ursula Le Guin, Fritz Leiber, Piers Anthony. H.. . , H.. Gene Wolfe, Michael Bishop, John Varley, Ian Watson. , H.. . 1.3. (Cyberpunk) .- " ", 1980- . , ( , : , , , ), ( ), . . , , " ". . William Gibson Bruce Sterling. (, virtual reality, VR). ., , . : William Gibson NEUROMANCER [1984] Greg Bear BLOOD MUSIC [1985] Bruce Sterling SCHISMATRIX [1985] William Gibson COUNT ZERO [1986] William Gibson MONA LIZA OVERDRIVE [1988] Charles Platt THE SILICON MAN [1989] Neal Stephenson SNOW CRASH [1994] .: CYBERPNK.ARJ Cyberpunk Reading List 2:5030/581. "" -- "Burning Chrome" (#1'95), "Johnny Mnemonic" (#2'96). . " " ("" #4, 1993). , . " ." , , . 1.4. ""  , "" . , . , , "" (, , , , ) . 1.4.1. "" . . "" "". 20- - "-" . "" - . , . 1.4.2. "" . 40-50- , , " ". , , . , - , . , - , , . . "" , , , . , , . 1945 - , , - . , -- " " -- " " . 1.4.3. "" . , "" . 1957 " " " " , , , , , , , , , . "" , , , , . 1.5. " " -, 1960-1980- , . .. "" "" , , , . .. , , , , , ( ), , , , , ; , , , , , , , (), ; ; , , , ; , , , , , ; , , , . - .. ("" ), - (" - " ), - "science fiction" (" " "" ). - . 1.7.  .- . . ( , - ) - . . - , . - , . " ", . "" , , , , - . . , . , "" " ", - , , , . . , "", "" "". "" - , . , - , , . ., . "", "" , -, - , . . "", , . , (, ) - , , , etc. "" - . "" . , , . , ( ) , , . . : [1990] [1990-1996] [1992] [1992] - [1994] [1996] 1.8. 90-. , 1980-, - 1990- . : "" , , (); , , , , , , (); (), (); (-); .. ( , ); , (). , , . , , - . , . 2.  2:5030/581. : IPC.ARJ "" START.ARJ "" STRANNIK.ARJ "" SWORDS.ARJ "": ULITKA.ARJ " " VEL_KOL.ARJ " " YEFREMOV.ARJ AELITA.ARJ "" BELYAEV.ARJ : CAMPBELL.ARJ John W. Campbell Memorial Award DICK.ARJ Philip K. Dick Award HUGO1.ARJ Hugo Award - Winners List HUGO2.ARJ Hugo Award - Novel Nomenees List HUGO3.ARJ Hugo Awards - Short Nomenees List NEBULA1.ARJ Nebula Award - Winners List NEBULA2.ARJ Nebula Award - Novel Nomenees NEBULA3.ARJ Nebula Award - Short Nomenees PROMETHE.ARJ Prometheus Award SATURN.ARJ Saturn Award STOKER.ARJ Bram Stoker Award TIPTREE.ARJ Jemes Tiptree, Jr. Award WORLD-FA.ARJ World Fantasy Award CLARKE.ARJ Arthur C. Clarke Award "" . 3. (/) ()... . ( ) - (John Wenn), 2:5030/207 2:5030/106. (, , ) , , . 4. - ... - , . , , . 5. ? . - . , , . , , , . , , . ., , 2:5030/581 FANTBLIS.ARJ Quasi-Definitive Fantasy Book List 6.  ( , ) . (), - .. ( - ). , . , "" "" (. ). . - () , . , , . , , , . 6.1. "" "" "-90" . 50 , , , , , , , , , , , , ( , ). , "". ( , -) - ( , ; , ; , ). : - ( ; ; , ; ; ..); - ; - , ; - [ ]; - ; - ( ""); - ( 5 ), "" ( , ..) - . : 1. . ?: /. ..- , 1991.- 128 . 2. , (1959-1966).- , 1991 3. , (1967-1975).- , 1993 4. , (1976-1981).- , 1993 5. , (1982-1982).- , 1994 : "-" (1989 , 3 ) - , ""; "" ( 4; 17 1990 ; 135 ); "......" ( ; 3 ) - , - ; " " ( 1 , ; , ). 3 (" ") , 1994 , . "" , , ("" 5 ); . , , : " " [ , , ], , , , , . ( , ""), ( , - ). , , , . [ . 23.09.1995] : Vladimir Borisov 2:5007/3.6 "" FReq 2:5030/581 ABS_BIBL.ARJ. 6.2. "" 1993 , -- "". - , , , ... . . . . (, .) . ( 2- ) . " ". : (), . 10 . ( :-)) (1- -- 5 ... 6- -- 40, 7- -- 125, 8- ~ 207), . 14 . - 400 - 1-6 , 300 - 9. - . . , (, ...) -- : Internet: - dsvmosc@mailer.amcenter.moscow.msu.ru - (or rois@red.com.ru Subj:"For Dmitriy") - akhmetshin@inp.nsk.su - . [ , ] FReq 2:5030/581 KRAPIVIN.ARJ. 6.3. . , . . - , . . " ". : amnuel@wise1.tau.ac.il Oleg Sverdlov 2:402/711.17, 972-2-9914-745. WWW- : http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7820/ http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7820/ [ ] 7.  , "" . (). APA - Amateur Press Association, -. . / - , . Fan - , : . "" - , : , "" (trekkers) - "Star Trek", "" (tolkienists) - .. Fandom - . , " ", " ", " ", "-" .. Fanzine - , . , newsletter - "", ; "e-zine" - , . FIAWOL - Fandom Is A Way Of Life. " - ". -. FIJAGH - Fandom Is Just A Ghoddam Hobby. " - ". , . GAFIATE - Get Away From It All. , . HWA - Horror Writers of America: . SFWA - Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America: -. , -. Agberg, AgBob - Robert Silverberg AnneMc - Anne McCaffrey DeJohn - John DeChancie JRRT - J.R.R. Tolkien KMac - Michael P. Kube-McDowell LWE - Lawrence Watt-Evans PTerry - Terry Pratchett RAH - Robert A. Heinlein Xanthony - Piers Anthony /: B5 - "Babelon 5" LOTR - "LORD OF THE RINGS" by J.R.R.Tolkien. ST - "Star Trek" ST:TNG - "Star Trek: The Next Generation" ST:DS9 - "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" SW - "Star Wars" DL - "DragonLance" : IASFM, Asimov's - "Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine". - , "Asimov's SF". F&SF - "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction". SFC - "Science Fiction Chronicles". : : - - - - - - - - : - , " " - , " " " " - , " " - , " " - , " " - , " " - , " " - , " " - , " " " " - , " " - , " " - , " " - , " " " - , " " - , " " - , " " - , " " - , " " - , " " II, 22 - , ", XXII " ("") - , " " - , " " - , " " - , " " - , " " : "" - " - " "" - " " "" - " - " "" - " " : "" - " " ("") "" - " " ("") "" - " " ("", -- ) "" - 1) " " ( 25- , " ") 2) " " (" ") "" - " " ("") "" - " " (""+"TF", "") "" - " " ("") "" - " " ("") "" - " " ("") "" - " " ("") "" - " " ("") "" - " " ("") "" - " " ("") "" - " " ("") : - - " " . : AFAIK - As Far As I Know: BTW - By The Way: . FYI - For Your Information: . IMHO - In My Humble (or Honest) Opinion: RTFM - Read The Fershlugginer Manual: . 8. () / ( ), "" ( . smile - ) - , . : :-) - :-( - ;-) - "": :) :( ;) : B-I :-E 8-X B-{ %-\ X-[ :-O 8-? :-5 :*( 8-P =-( ... 9. , .. - , .. . 9.0. ? "" "", "" . , . .. - . " " . ( 70-) , ( , , , , ). "" .. " ". .. "". "" . .. 1983 . - , . ( , "" ), ( - ) 1991 "", , , , . 1995 .. " ". .. - , . . 9.1. "" "" - , . . BBS , . 9.2. "AMBER CHRONICLES" ## 11, 12, 13... . , , . "Roger Zelazny's Visual Guide to Amber Castle" , . 9.3. "M.Y.T.H." ## 11, 12, 13... 10 "". "" (). , ... 9.4. ".."? . : [] [] [][]. 1996 - -- , . , , . " ", , , " ". .. -- " ", " " " ". .. " " " " "".