How did you get here?

[juzzza]

I was searching (either at google or askjeeves) for places accepting short story submissions. I was really looking for a magazine site or Webzine, I had never joined or even visited a forum before... I thought it was all 50 year old men pretending to be 14 to talk dirty to girls!!!

Lurked for a bit and thought what a great idea a forum is for getting critique etc. Then, met great people, fell in love, got published, got heart ripped out and the rest is history LOL.

[Cadfael]

It was in the dark days of a fledgling SFF... when we only had 4 members.... Dag, Zedd, Fitzflagg and Shehzad.

I was just walking past when they all jumped me and dragged me in, pressed a shilling in my hands... and chained me to the wall.

Those days are past now... with nearly 2000 members they no longer need to kidnap passers by.

Seriously... I was just sirfing Fantasy book site, and found this.

[Cadfael]

*cough cough* FltzFlagg... read this... *cough cough*

Originally posted by fluffy bunny
A lot of people have answered this: http://www.sffworld.org/forums/showt...&threadid=4117 in general discussion, but post away

Well... oh pedantic one??

[kegstand14]

As seems to be the norm, I did a search (yahoo I believe) looking for a forum on fantasy books. I had recently started reading fantasy again after a number of years of reading nothing but books for school. I had finished Martin's SOIaF and Jordan's Wheel of Time books and desired some more good fantasy. I stumbled onto this page, found many great suggestions and love the site.

[Rob B]

Originally posted by Cadfael
*cough cough* FltzFlagg... read this... *cough cough*



Well... oh pedantic one??

Excuse me "A Dragon" but I rarely go into GD anymore.

[Legolas]

I was doing author searches on google. I clicked link after link and eventually landed here. I lurked around for a while before posting and then got up my nerve to introduce myself. Of course I was asking for books that were my style and I of course got re-directed to older threads with recommendations. Thus, my existence here began like many others. Humiliation = Initiation .

[Cygnus]

Like Trent, I have no friends that read as avidly as I do (pretty sad since I am a librarian!). I clearly remember specifically what drove me out onto the internet to find like minded folks to chat with. I had just finished Redemption of Althalus by David Eddings and I found it so completely horrible that I felt that if I wasn't able to bitch about it, I would just burst! So, that was my first post, and I was relieved to find many people who agreed with me.

You haven't been able to get rid of me since! I see no reason to seek out any other forums because I think there's a diversity of views to keep me entertained and reading!

[Cypher]

i found out about this site because i was searching google for a site with a lot of fantasy short stories, and this great site popped up so i took a look at it. i am impressed. i just looked around for about 3 months before i actually signed up

[numbersix]

Google also brought me here. I was searching for fantasy sites in order to find new authors- I needed something to tide me over since my favorites seem to be caught in the same publishing cycle...

[Wightdragon]

Someone asked for suggestions for a Fantasy forum on another forum I'm a member of (www.thedvdforums.com), so seeing as I've been reading fantasy novels (and like fantasy films/PC games) for nearly 30 years, I thought I'd pop along

[Mad Queen]

I found this site on Google Directory. But I'm sure I had already come here before, looking for book reviews.

[SusF]

I was searching for Science Fiction sites and found this one. I don't usually join message boards but this one was different from most of them I'd seen. It's more adult, intelligent, and international. I love that. Glad to be here (even if it's only intermittantly).

Susan

[Dallandra]

My friend told me about the place and that way got me started

[Blizzaurel]

well i'm a member of my school's online newspaper (check my profile for the link and please visit ... shameless advertising much??)
and i was just typing in random URLs in since i was bored, as happens quite frequently in class, happened upon this and lurked here for a little while. like juzzza i had certain uh message board stereotypes but this one seemed pretty safe so i joined up eventually

[Hatfield]

i'd abandoned fantasy/sci fi novels some years ago, and found myself picking them back up after a renewed interest in CRPGS. i believe i was looking for reviews of forgotten realms books (r.a. salvatore) but after finding these forums, I've moved on to less restrictive fantasy worlds.

oh yeah, google.