From tale -aaatt- uunet -daht- uu.net Thu Apr 1 17:45:26 1993 Control: newgroup rec.arts.books.tolkien Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Path: uunet!tale From: <<>> (David C Lawrence) Subject: newgroup rec.arts.books.tolkien Approved: tale -aaatt- uunet -daht- uu.net Sender: tale -aaatt- uunet -daht- uu.net (David C Lawrence) Organization: UUNET Technologies, Inc Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1993 22:44:34 GMT Message-ID: Lines: 52 Xref: uunet control:597205 X-IMAPbase: 1166145462 3 Status: O X-UID: 1 rec.arts.books.tolkien is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 486:109 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 26 Mar 1993. For your newsgroups file: rec.arts.books.tolkien The works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The charter, culled from the call for votes: rec.arts.books.tolkien (hereinafter referred to as "The Group") would be a forum for discussion of all the works of Professor J.R.R. Tolkien (hereinafter "JRRT"). It would be open to discussion of his "Middle-earth" works, his scholarly writings, his essays and poetry, and all other works of JRRT (of whatever nature). The Group would be open to discussion at any level; for example, discussion of his "Middle-Earth" works could vary from literary criticism to philological discussion of the book's languages, or any other topic bearing on the works. The Group would also be open for discussion of works by other authors which relate to JRRT's work (including, but not limited to, scholarly criticism of his work, supplemental and speculative writings about his worlds, analyses of the various languages created by JRRT, and (of course) the elaborate historical material published by Christopher Tolkien). The group would be open to discussion about art works which are based on Tolkien's works (e.g. graphic depictions of scenes from his worlds, musical settings of his ballads and poetry). The group would furthermore be open to discussion about JRRT the man, and how the circumstances of his life relate to his writing. The Group would be open to comparisons of Tolkien's works with those of other authors, e.g. comparing the influence of Christianity JRRT's writing with its influence on C.S. Lewis's works; comparing Sauron with Milton's Satan as a figure of evil; etc. If such a discussion drifted into a discussion of the other author alone (and no longer touched on Tolkien), it would no longer be appropriate for the Group, and participants would be asked to move the discussion to a more appropriate newsgroup, or to EMail. Fan fiction would be permitted, provided that it did not violate anyone's rights or copyrights (especially the rights and copyrights of the Tolkien estate). Posters of fan fiction would be strongly encouraged to put the identifying word "FANFIC" in the "subject" line (to simplify kill-filing). Satire and parody of Tolkien's work would also be permitted. If the poster could reasonably expect readers to be offended by the posting, he or she should post it in rot-13 encryption (i.e. each letter is mapped to the letter 13 places on in the alphabet, so that 'a' becomes 'n', 'b' becomes 'o', etc.). Willful and/or repeated spelling of JRRT's name as "Tolkein" would be punished by brutal sarcasm. From tale -aaatt- uunet -daht- uu.net Fri Aug 19 13:14:16 1994 Control: newgroup rec.arts.books.tolkien Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Path: uunet!tale From: <<>> (David C Lawrence) Subject: newgroup rec.arts.books.tolkien Approved: tale -aaatt- uunet -daht- uu.net Sender: tale -aaatt- uunet -daht- uu.net (David C Lawrence) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 17:14:42 GMT Message-ID: Lines: 52 Xref: uunet control:1137728 Status: O X-UID: 2 rec.arts.books.tolkien is an unmoderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 486:109 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 26 Mar 1993. For your newsgroups file: rec.arts.books.tolkien The works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The charter, culled from the call for votes: rec.arts.books.tolkien (hereinafter referred to as "The Group") would be a forum for discussion of all the works of Professor J.R.R. Tolkien (hereinafter "JRRT"). It would be open to discussion of his "Middle-earth" works, his scholarly writings, his essays and poetry, and all other works of JRRT (of whatever nature). The Group would be open to discussion at any level; for example, discussion of his "Middle-Earth" works could vary from literary criticism to philological discussion of the book's languages, or any other topic bearing on the works. The Group would also be open for discussion of works by other authors which relate to JRRT's work (including, but not limited to, scholarly criticism of his work, supplemental and speculative writings about his worlds, analyses of the various languages created by JRRT, and (of course) the elaborate historical material published by Christopher Tolkien). The group would be open to discussion about art works which are based on Tolkien's works (e.g. graphic depictions of scenes from his worlds, musical settings of his ballads and poetry). The group would furthermore be open to discussion about JRRT the man, and how the circumstances of his life relate to his writing. The Group would be open to comparisons of Tolkien's works with those of other authors, e.g. comparing the influence of Christianity JRRT's writing with its influence on C.S. Lewis's works; comparing Sauron with Milton's Satan as a figure of evil; etc. If such a discussion drifted into a discussion of the other author alone (and no longer touched on Tolkien), it would no longer be appropriate for the Group, and participants would be asked to move the discussion to a more appropriate newsgroup, or to EMail. Fan fiction would be permitted, provided that it did not violate anyone's rights or copyrights (especially the rights and copyrights of the Tolkien estate). Posters of fan fiction would be strongly encouraged to put the identifying word "FANFIC" in the "subject" line (to simplify kill-filing). Satire and parody of Tolkien's work would also be permitted. If the poster could reasonably expect readers to be offended by the posting, he or she should post it in rot-13 encryption (i.e. each letter is mapped to the letter 13 places on in the alphabet, so that 'a' becomes 'n', 'b' becomes 'o', etc.). Willful and/or repeated spelling of JRRT's name as "Tolkein" would be punished by brutal sarcasm.