Replied: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 18:36:10 EST Replied: "Robert Schmunk " From rbs@panix.com Sat Oct 19 20:29:16 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.69.0.28]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.7.6/2.3JIK) with SMTP id UAA21835; Sat, 19 Oct 1996 20:29:15 -0400 Received: from panix.com by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA06903; Sat, 19 Oct 96 20:29:03 EDT Received: (from rbs@localhost) by panix.com (8.7.6/8.7/PanixU1.3) id UAA10419 for news-answers-request@MIT.EDU; Sat, 19 Oct 1996 20:28:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Schmunk Message-Id: <199610200028.UAA10419@panix.com> Subject: Re: [news.answers] LIST: Alternate History Stories, 1 of 8 To: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 20:28:50 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <199610192351.TAA23698@opus.MIT.EDU> from "emhavens@MIT.EDU" at Oct 19, 96 07:51:05 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > The bibliography is about to become Web-only with its next release, > > which will occur later this month. > > I have not yet changed the subject to what you suggested because I need > to ask other questions first. You originally posted your entire FAQ in > 8 parts. I assume that the pointer to the web FAQ will now only require > one part. Do I assume correctly? Also, you will probably have to > change your archive name. I suggest changing it to > > Archive-name: sf/alt_history/web-pointer > > or something similar. Anyway, let us know what you want to do. Oooh, never thought about the archive name. I've just sat down and worked up a preliminary version of the pointer, a complete copy of which can be found at http://www.panix.com/~rbs/AH/pointer.txt The headers to that file are (note also new follow-up and frequency lines): Distribution: world From: rbs@panix.com (Robert B. Schmunk) Reply-To: rbs@panix.com (Robert B. Schmunk) Followup-To: soc.history.what-if Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,soc.history.what-if,alt.history.what-if,rec.answers,soc.answers,alt.answers,news.answers Subject: POINTER: Alternate History Bibliography Summary: An annotated bibliography of novels, stories and essays involving alternate histories (a.k.a. what-ifs, allohistories, uchronias or counterfactuals), writings in which a past event has been altered and its effect on history somehow described. Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Archive-name: sf/alt_history/web-pointer Rec-arts-sf-written-archive-name: alt_history/web-pointer Posting-Frequency: Monthly How's that? rbs -- Robert B. Schmunk http://www.skatecity.com/rbs.html