As the content was largely user-submitted there was a lot of variation in quality and style. But there were some excellent essays and introductions out there:

As the content was largely user-submitted there was a lot of variation in quality and style. But there were some excellent essays and introductions out there: http://www.darkridge.com/~jpr5/mirror/fravia.org/academy.htm http://www.darkridge.com/~jpr5/mirror/fravia.org/academy.htm I was definitely moved when I heard of his death, which is coming up for ten years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fravia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fravia (It was only years later I realized that +ORC was almost certainly +fravia in disguise. At the time I first read all the posts I was more trusting ..)