science fiction & futurism

"Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century." --J.G. Ballard Come surf the future fantastic with us.

sports zone

"sports, sports, sports, sports" -Homer Simpson For sports fans and participants, team sports and individual!

cunning linguists

A place for celebrating and discussing all things related to language! Discuss learning methods, books, programs/software, as well as grammar, etymology, puns, wordplay, etc! Open to all languages and skill levels! :)

Twang

Country, alt-country, Americana, roots music, bluegrass/newgrass, rockabilly, psychobilly...whatever you want to call it...this is the place to talk about it.

Mysteries and Myths

All things related to historical and modern mysteries, mythical creatures, and cryptozoology!

hopeless romantics

Do you long to hear the sweet words of yore? Think a little new-fashioned chivalry should be creatively resurrected by the world at large? Then look no further, my sweet, this just might be the place for you.

history

A group for all those people that watch the History channel 24/7. A place to discuss specific times in history, wars, anything about history in general.