http://www.salonmagazine.com

Table Talk is the web-based conferencing system accompanying Salon, an online literature and current affairs magazine. Discussions range from the philosophical in the Mind and Spirit conference(How do I know I really exist?) to the self-referentially silly in the Private Life conference (What if the world ended and you were stranded in a hotel with other Table Talk participants? What sort of Lord of the Flies regime would ensue?). The Books, Media, Movies and Television conferences are awash with topics on favorite media outputs. The community vibe is clear; participants recognize each other and come back again and again to argue, debate, discuss and have fun both with the issues that Salon raises in its content and in topic of their own interests. - J.S.D.

subject matter: literature, general conversation

regional affiliation: global

format: conferencing (web conferencing using Web Crossing)

language: English

cost: no cost