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Fictionmania is a website dedicated to publishing and archiving transgender fiction. Unlike most such websites, it is free to access.〔 It is open to submissions from any writer, provided the submitted literature "explores gender." As of March 2008, Fictionmania was host to more than 15,000 story files; by Sept 2011, 3,500 more had been added. ==History== The website found its roots in the early 1990s as a free online bulletin board known as the "Sierra Bulletin Board," owned and operated by Fictionmania founder Mindy Rich. By the mid 1990s, the bulletin board had largely been usurped by the newsgroup alt.sex.stories.tg (see alt.sex.stories). By this point, the archive had grown from dozens to a few hundred pieces of fiction.〔(History of Fictionmania ), Fictionmania〕 With the advent of spam in newsgroups, writers of transgender fiction began founding electronic mailing lists and websites to share material while avoiding unwelcome spammers. In 1996, Mindy Rich created the "Maniapages" listserve and expanded the concept from gender transformation stories to any fiction exploring gender. In late 1997, Rich laid the groundwork to transform Maniapages from a listserve into a website, officially launching Fictionmania in February 1998. The number of archived stories quickly exploded from hundreds to thousands. In December 1999, Rich temporarily shut down Fictionmania due to illness and a frustration with flaming on the website's hyperboard. A number of writers volunteered to take up webmaster duties for her and resurrected Fictionmania, after assuring Rich that the site's operations, policy, and focus would remain largely unchanged. The volunteers (calling themselves the Fictionmania Task Force) have since continued to operate the website free of charge. The Task Force also edits and uploads new submissions. In 2008, the explicit nature of some content on the site led to its blacklisting by certain filtering systems. There may have been certain ISPs that completely blocked access to Fictionmania because of pornographic content. From November 2008 until May 2009 the site was down due to a server failure. It is now back online, effective 1 June 2009, initially employing a different URL.〔(New Fictionmania server ), Fictionmania〕 On February 10, 2010 Fictionmania's server was disconnected without explanation by its service provider. It, however, returned online on February 12, 2010 with a statement that the story files at the center of a recent controversy had been removed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fictionmania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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