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Critter Notices

Critters is 25!

Last November, Critters turned 25 years old! Wow! Thanks so much to all of you, who've made it such a resounding success!

Books from Critters!

Check out Books by Critters for books by your fellow Critterfolk, as well as my list of recommended books for writers.

New Book from a Critter Member

**NOW IN PRINT EDITION TOO!** Awesome new book, HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION OPENINGS, from a Critter member who's unearthed a shard of The Secret to becoming a pro writer. Really good piece of work. "...if you're at all concerned about story openings, you'd be nuts not to read what Qualkinbush has to say." —Wil McCarthy, author of BLOOM and THE COLLAPSIUM

The Sigil Trilogy

If you're looking for an amazing, WOW! science fiction story, check out THE SIGIL TRILOGY. This is — literally — one of the best science fiction novels I've ever read.

Interviewed!

I was interviewed live on public radio for Critters' birthday, for those who want to listen.

Free Web Sites

Free web sites for authors (and others) are available at www.nyx.net.

ReAnimus Acquires Advent!

ReAnimus Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of the legendary Advent Publishers! Advent is now a subsidiary of ReAnimus Press, and we will continue to publish Advent's titles under the Advent name. Advent was founded in 1956 by Earl Kemp and others, and has published the likes of James Blish, Hal Clement, Robert Heinlein, Damon Knight, E.E. "Doc" Smith, and many others. Advent's high quality titles have won and been finalists for several Hugo Awards, such as The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy and Heinlein's Children. Watch this space for ebook and print editions of all of Advent's current titles!

Book Recommendation

THE SIGIL TRILOGY: The universe is dying from within... "Great stuff... Really enjoyed it." — SFWA Grandmaster Michael Moorcock

Announcing ReAnimus Press

If you're looking for great stuff to read from bestselling and award-winning authors—look no further! ReAnimus Press was founded by your very own Critter Captain. (And with a 12% Affiliate program.) [More]

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Okay, this is really ancient, and most people just visit http://webnews.sff.net
for the sff.net group, but the below is left here in case it helps someone.
Note this only relates to the old sff.net newsgroups, not the new forums at 
www.critique.org/forums that you can access here to automatically log you in.

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How to read SFF.Net newsgroups (such as the Critters newsgroups) if you
clicked on the links on the resources page and it gave you an error.

There are many ways to read the sff.* newsgroups, such as via Netscape (2.0
or above), MS Internet Explorer, Free Agent, NewsXpress, or others
listed on sff.net's web page.  There is a link on their page with information
especially for AOL members.

If you've tried using netscape to visit a "news://..." link and it
said no way, you may not have installed the Netscape component that
allows newsreading.  (Called "Collabra discussion groups".)  In my 4.05
version of Netscape, it's under the "Communicator" menu at the top.  If
you don't see it there, chances are you didn't install that component.
You might go back to however you initially installed netscape and look
for that.

The other alternative is to point your browser to www.sff.net and navigate
their links until you come to their browser-based newsreader.  As of this
writing there is a "Newsgroups" link on their main page.