I re-discovered RASFF around 1995 (I say rediscovered, because back in '87 or so I was reading its parent group, rec.arts.sf-lovers), and I would say it was good then but maybe picked up in tone and group ethos over the next couple of years. David's suggested range of 1998-2001 is a good one, imho.
But much as I like and admire Graydon, he has a writing style that is sufficiently compressed and idiosynchratic that he takes some getting used to, and may be a bit opaque to the uninitiated. Ray Radlein was always good for taking a thread funny. So, was Kip Williams. Patrick Neilsen Hayden was usually a very good filter for interesting conversations, though threads which develop a dynamic of posts ping-ponging back and forth between Patrick and Gary Farber are probably not so worth your time.
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Date: 2005-04-28 05:20 pm (UTC)But much as I like and admire Graydon, he has a writing style that is sufficiently compressed and idiosynchratic that he takes some getting used to, and may be a bit opaque to the uninitiated. Ray Radlein was always good for taking a thread funny. So, was Kip Williams. Patrick Neilsen Hayden was usually a very good filter for interesting conversations, though threads which develop a dynamic of posts ping-ponging back and forth between Patrick and Gary Farber are probably not so worth your time.