This list goes back to December 1996, which is when the compiler's collection of missives starts. If any reader has details for any period before this, please contact the CUSFS Committee.
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Douglas Adams | 08/03/98, 07/05/00, 24/11/02 |
| Brian Aldiss | 09/03/03 |
| Isaac Asimov | 24/10/99 |
| Iain M. Banks | 30/11/97, 04/11/01 |
| Clive Barker | 19/01/97 |
| Ray Bradbury | 03/02/02 |
| Marion Zimmer Bradley | 09/05/99, 26/01/03 |
| David Brin | 23/01/00 |
| John Brunner | 29/04/01 |
| Lois McMaster Bujold | 04/03/01 (advertised as William Gibson) |
| Lois McMaster Bujold and militaristic SF | 25/11/01 |
| Octavia E. Butler | 10/03/02 |
| Orson Scott Card | 26/11/00 |
| Lewis Carroll | 18/11/01 |
| C. J. Cherryh | 01/12/96, 31/01/99 |
| Arthur C. Clarke | 18/10/98 |
| John Crowley | 09/03/97, 25/02/01 |
| Samuel Delany | 22/02/98 |
| Philip K. Dick | 23/02/97, 04/02/01 |
| Stephen Donaldson | 18/01/98 |
| Lord Dunsany | 25/01/98 |
| David Eddings | 25/04/99 |
| Greg Egan | 26/10/97, 22/10/00 |
| Neil Gaiman | 26/04/98, 29/10/00 |
| Alan Garner | 29/11/98 |
| David Gemmell | 15/11/98, 15/02/04 |
| Mary Gentle | 28/01/01, 09/05/04 |
| William Gibson | 04/03/01 (became Lois McMaster Bujold) |
| Terry Goodkind | 11/02/01 |
| Peter F. Hamilton | 28/11/99, 26/10/03 |
| Harry Harrison | 02/05/99 |
| Robert Heinlein | 10/05/98 |
| Frank Herbert | 08/02/04 |
| Robin Hobb / Megan Lindholm | 19/10/03 |
| Robert Holdstock | 28/02/99 |
| Diana Wynne Jones | 27/05/01 |
| Guy Gavriel Kay | 02/02/97 |
| Stephen King | 31/10/99 |
| Ursula K. Le Guin | 12/03/00, 16/11/03 |
| C. S. Lewis | 15/10/00 |
| H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu mythos | 24/01/99 |
| R. A. MacAvoy | 14/11/99 |
| Ken MacLeod | 13/02/00 |
| Anne McCaffrey | 27/04/97, 22/11/98, 05/05/02 |
| Juliet McKenna | 03/03/02 |
| China Miéville | 21/10/01 |
| Elizabeth Moon | 11/03/01 |
| Michael Moorcock | 27/02/00 |
| Mervyn Peake | 14/05/00 |
| Frederik Pohl | 04/05/03 |
| Tim Powers | 30/04/00 |
| Terry Pratchett | 12/10/97, 11/05/03 |
| Bob Shaw | 11/05/97 |
| Dan Simmons | 04/05/97 |
| Cordwainer Smith | 21/01/01 |
| E. E. "Doc" Smith | 01/03/98 |
| Michael Marshall Smith | 17/01/99 |
| Brian Stableford | 23/02/03 |
| Neal Stephenson | 12/05/02 |
| J. R. R. Tolkien | 19/10/97, 11/10/98, 17/10/99, 27/01/02 |
| Vernor Vinge | 21/02/99 |
| H. G. Wells | 06/02/00 |
| Walter Jon Williams | 25/04/04 |
| Gene Wolfe | 02/03/03 |
| Roger Zelazny | 07/02/99 |
| Other Topics | |
|---|---|
| General | |
| "Can You Judge A Book By Its Cover?" - blurbs and artwork, spaceships and dragons (squash) | 08/10/00 |
| Comics and graphic novels | 29/02/04 |
| The End of the World | 07/03/99 |
| Favourite author | 16/11/97, 25/10/98, 21/11/99, 12/11/00, 14/10/01, 27/10/02, 02/11/03 |
| Festivals in SF & fantasy | 01/12/02 |
| CUSFS Hall of Fame | 07/03/04 |
| New authors | 09/02/03 |
| "Out of Sight, Out of Mind?" - television & film vs literature (squash) | 10/10/99 |
| Religion in fantasy and SF | 02/05/04 |
| "Same World, Different Author" | 08/02/98 |
| Science evening: "Enough of Fiction, here's some Science!" | 11/11/01 |
| Sex and sexuality in fantasy and SF | 25/01/04 |
| Trilogies and beyond | 27/04/03 |
| SF | |
| AI and machine consciousness in SF | 09/02/97 |
| Aliens in SF | 20/01/02 |
| Cyberpunk | 01/11/98 |
| "What is 'hardness' and do we need it?" | 26/01/97 |
| Mars | 03/11/02 |
| Politics in SF | 02/03/97 |
| Space combat | 05/03/00 |
| Space opera | 18/01/04 |
| SF and technology | 23/11/03 |
| Time travel | 28/04/02 |
| Virtual worlds | 19/01/03 |
| Media | |
| Babylon 5 | 02/11/97 |
| Buffy, Angel and Firefly: the Whedonverse | 16/05/04 |
| Dr Who | 01/02/98, 19/11/00, 20/10/02 |
| Star Trek | 24/02/02 |
| Star Wars | 17/11/02 |
| Fantasy | |
| Battle and bloodshed in fantasy | 10/02/02 |
| "Forward the Revolution!" - do all fantasy novels have to be set in feudal societies? (Althing discussion) | 30/01/00 |
| "Fairy Stories, Epic Quests and Things which go in Threes" | 03/05/98 |
| Fairy tales | 30/11/03 |
| "Harry Potter and the Simplified Storyline" - is children's fantasy worth reading? | 13/05/01 |
| How magic works | 06/05/01 |
| Magic and sorcery | 30/01/04 |
| Swords and sorcery | 23/11/97 |
Last update: 24 June 2004, by Mark Waller
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