In 1997, from one of the lovingly maintained computer labs at QUT, Bob sent an email out to his friends on the CC with a plea for help. The exact words of the email have been forever lost in the unsearchable vacuum of cyberspace, but the message will live on for at least the next year or two as it was through this message that the world witnessed the birth of...
To the best of our recollection, the message was a simple "...Thespacebaronthiskeyboard doesn'twork..." (Cleaned up slightly). Whilst this message is not particularly clever in itself, it set the cogs turning in Bob's mind and the very next email he sent (from a computer with a fully functional space bar) was:
In the two and a bit years that have passed since that day, a number of authors have contributed to the body of Space Barons that are widely enjoyed today. At the risk of turning this page into a list of lists, here is a list of the authors of every Space Baron episode available on this site:
The success and relative longevity of Space Baron is often attributed to its cult status and the fact that email is so user-friendly that even the most unwilling of Space Baron fans are forced to receive a spam-like barrage of stories. But Space Baron is more than that. Each episode is a unique piece of literary humour, that recycles the same gay jokes, similar storylines and the big 'Space Baron and Brian live in a suburban apartment' joke, whilst at the same time being an unpredictable and enjoyable saga of abruptly finishing or neverending epics.
One of the events event that helped Space Baron maintain its perpetual popularity peak was the release of 'Space Baron: The Movie' in January 1998. Sounds from the movie are available on this website in the movie section.
There can be no doubt that Space Baron will shape the world of the 21st century.....
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