Our general discussion chat room is called “Science Fiction & Fantasy”. That's kind of boring. How about a better name?
Aside: we also have an SF topic of the day chatroom, where we propose a short phrase and reply with works on that topic. (We've just started; we've had topics like “interpretative dance” and “going green”.) The idea is to propose a new topic once a day or so, but chat days are clearly longer than Earth days. It's kind of dead right now — please drop in and offer suggestions!
"A wretched hive of scum and villainy!"
Ten Forward
Because it's just as geeky with Star Trek
Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net
Suggested by Jack B Nimble
The Dragon's Head
It just seems appropriate, for some reason...
Better known for its appearance in Cities in Flight
More appropriate than the ansible, since a Dirac broadcasts whereas an ansible is usually for point-to-point communication. But the ansible is much better known, having become genericized (so to speak), whereas the Dirac is specifically by Blish.
The Shadowy Corner
Granted, it's more fantasy, but in most stories, it's the guy in the shadowy corner who has all the info to help you move the plot along.
OK, the particular reference is to science fiction, but the use of a bar or other drinking establishment for general meeting of strange people is broadly present in fantasy as well.
