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Science Fiction and Fantasy news, reviews and discussion
Read and Find Out is a community driven site focused on the discussion of science fiction and fantasy books. We have reviews of the latest science fiction and fantasy books, interviews with a wide range of science fiction and fantasy authors, and up-to-date industry news.
The main focus of the site is the discussion of science fiction and fantasy books, although we do have other messageboards (such as TV & Movies discussion and a friendly Community board) too.
If you're new here, the first thing you'll probably want to do is register, after which you'll be able to jump right in and start discussing your favourite science fiction and fantasy books. Also, be sure to check out the welcome post; it'll help get you started here!
Sci-Fi & Fantasy News
There's a lot going on in the Sci-Fi & Fantasy world. Here's some of the latest news:
- Nominations for this year's Nebula, Bradbury and Norton Awards 03/04/2017 05:48:21 PM
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko, influential Russian poet, has passed away 03/04/2017 05:30:50 PM
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Bob Dylan wins the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature
13/10/2016 05:46:15 PM
Community News
Here's all the latest community and site related news:
- Imminent board merge 06/04/2017 12:03:26 PM
- Thank you all for your generosity 07/03/2017 05:29:29 PM
- The End Has... Been Postponed? 27/02/2017 08:45:25 PM
Wheel of Time News
Desperate for Wheel of Time news? Here's the latest, hot off the press:
- Theory post archives 25/10/2010 09:16:50 AM
- First paragraph of ToM *slight spoilers* 24/04/2010 10:23:06 AM
Other News
Want news on TV, Movies, Computer Games and Role Playing Games? Just head this way!
- Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation 03/08/2015 10:38:48 PM
- Ant-Man 19/07/2015 10:07:17 PM
- Inside Out 22/06/2015 07:20:52 PM
An Ending
Hi all,
It's time to bring RAFO's journey to a conclusion. I have been putting off this decision for several years now, but its increasingly hard to justify keeping the lights on here. I don't have a definitive end date yet, but it'll be in the next 3-6 months.
While RAFO was created primarily as a refuge for the community of wotmania after that site's closure, we had high hopes that it might eventually also stand on its own feet as a destination for Sci-fi & Fantasy discussion. That reality never materialised, and the community itself has also dissipated over time. It'd be easy to lay the blame for both of these at the trend toward consolidation of online discourse in a handful of large social media platforms, and that's undoubtedly part of the picture, but its also the case that RAFO wasn't kept up to date with the technology needed to attract and retain users (especially in terms of mobile-responsive design and forum/message board UX).
Regardless of the reasons why, it's still the case that the site is a shell of what it once was, and there's no practical ...
A new board awakens...
Hello!
I had every intention of merging the various boards into a single entity, so that it would be possible to view all previous posts in a single location with the searching and favourite post functionality all operating across all previous posts. This turned out to be too technically challenging, so instead I have created a new messageboard for RAFO. Welcome!
Don't worry that all previous posts have been lost though - they haven't. If you head over to the "Archive" section in the menu on the left, you'll still be able to access all the previous messageboards ...
Thank you all for your generosity
Thanks to a very generous donation and a number of premium account purchases, RAFO is keeping its doors open! Hurrah!
I've read through the comments and I will be making a couple of tweaks, primarily to merge the boards together so we can concentrate activity and stand a better chance of keeping recent momentum going.
Chat has also popped up again as something I know a lot of people want, but there's no ...