A few technical glitches caused some minor distress for some visitors on the first couple of days but we hope to have put those behind us. Registration is optional, although registered members do get to edit or delete their own messages, and can receive email notifying them of when replies are posted in threads they begin.

The new URL for the Xenite.Org forums is:

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We now have our forums divided into 8 categories. Forum descriptions in category order are:

AUTHORS CATEGORY
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Andre Norton -- Moderator: Bart
For discussion of Andre Norton's life, career, books, and related authors (her co-writers/co-editors).

H.P. Lovecraft -- Moderator: El Shaddaj
For discussion of H.P. Lovecraft, derivative works, the Cthulhu mythos, and associated authors.

Pulp Authors -- Moderator: Mark
For discussion of pulp action/adventure authors such as Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Gardner F. Fox, et. al.

Tolkien and the Inklings -- Moderator: Bacchus
For discussion of J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, their books, derivative works, and related authors. LOTR movie discussions should be posted in the Movies/Lord of the Rings forum.

Fantasy Authors -- Moderator: RobRoy
For discussion of fantasy authors not covered under our other forums.

Science Fiction Authors -- Moderator: SandyS
For discussion of science fiction authors not covered under our other forums.

FANTASY TELEVISION CATEGORY
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Renaissance Pictures -- Moderator: silverrose
For discussion of fantasy television shows produced by Renaissance, such as Hercules, Xena, Jack of all Trades, Cleopatra 2525, etc.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World -- Moderator: Avalon
For discussion of the television series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World and related topics, including the book and movies.

Sheena, The Jungle Queen
For discussion of the television series Sheena, The Jungle Queen, and related topics.

HISTORY CATEGORY
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Prehistory (pre-literate cultures) -- Moderator: Mark
For discussion of prehistoric or preliterate cultures and societies. Legendary and mythical realms and peoples are off-topic.

Ancient History (to 600 CE)
For discussion of ancient historical (literate) cultures to circa 600 CE. Legendary and mythical realms and peoples are off-topic.

Medieval European Studies -- Moderator: Hereward
For discussion of Medieval Europe, defined to include any country west of Russia from the year 600 CE to 1400 CE. Medieval literature will also be a focus of discussion. Legendary and mythical realms and peoples are off-topic, except as the subjects of literary discussions.

MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY
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Xenite and Herkulean Webmasters
For discussion of topics pertaining to Web site design and management, especially for subjects of interest to the Hercules and Xena fandom communities.

MOVIES CATEGORY
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Dungeons and Dragons -- Moderator: silverrose
For discussion of the Dungeons and Dragons movie(s) and related topics, including the role-playing games. Actual role-playing is prohibited.

Lord of the Rings
For discussions of movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

Star Wars
For discussion of the Star Wars movies and related topics, including books.

MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE CATEGORY
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Greco-Roman Mythology -- Moderator: Bacchus
For discussion of Greek and Roman mythology and related topics.

Northern European Mythology
For discussion of northern European mythology and related topics. Examples include Norse mythology (and Norse sagas), Germanic mythology, Celtic mythology, Finnish mythology, etc.

SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION CATEGORY
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Andromeda -- Moderator: Stripe
For discussion of the television series Andromeda and related topics.

Farscape -- Moderator: Calamity-jcck (CJ)
For discussion of the television series Farscape and related topics.

Lexx
For discussion of the television series Lexx and related topics.

Stargate-SG1 -- Moderator: Calico
For discussion of the television series Stargate-SG1 and related topics, including the movie "Stargate".

ADMIISTRATIVE CATEGORY
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Feedback
Registered users may provide feedback to Xenite.Org's administrators, or propose new forums, Web sites, or services for Xenite.Org to provide in the future. Slamming, bashing, flaming posts will be deleted.

Adminstration
Private forum for the Xenite.Org forum administrators and moderators.