Research and Professional Links
The following guide is only a sampling of the resources available on
the web. They have been selected for potential value to researchers.
The web is dynamic - a web site may remain stable for years, then move
repeatedly. The links provided were working at the time this page was
created. If an link is nonfunctional, please notify the SFRA Webmaster using the contact page.
If a link is broken, searching Google or another search engine by title
of the site will frequently uncover the new home of the site.
Scholar's Online Library
The Scholar's Online Library is designed to provide rapid access to key
resources in science fiction and fantasy, likely to be used by
scholars at the onset of a project. They are heavily, but not
exclusively bibliographic.
- Definitions of Science Fiction
- Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, Combined Edition
- Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase
- The Locus Indexes
- The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
- The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999
- The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000
- The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001
- The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002
- The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003
- The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004
- Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Checklist
- The Locus Poll Database: Locus Awards
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database
- The SF Hub
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Index Checklist
- SF and Fantasy Wikipedia
- SF Theses and Dissertations - L. S. Swigart
- Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide
- Introduction to Gary Westfahl's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film
- B.S.F.A. Magazines Index
Professional Associations
- Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA)
- Horror Writers Association
- International Assn for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) Web
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.
- Science Fiction Research Association Official Website
- SF Canada
- The Speculative Literature Foundation
- World SF
Journals and Magazines Online
- Argosy Magazine
- Journal for Millennial Studies Center for Millennial Studies at BU
- Extrapolation Home Page
- FEMSPEC
- Future Orbits
- Locus Online
- Metaphores revue de critique sur la science-fiction et le fantastique
- Postmodern Culture
- Reconstruction An Interdisciplinary Culture Studies Community
- Science Fiction Romance Newsletter
- Science Fiction Studies
- SFCD International Homepage (Wayback machine access)
- Slayage An Online International Journal for Buffy Studies
- Strange Horizons, a new weekly speculative fiction magazine
- The New York Review of Science Fiction Home Page
- The Wellsian Index (H. G. Wells Society)
- Utopian Studies Journal Index
- Would that it Were - The Online Source for Historical Science Fiction (Wayback machine access)
Magazine Listings
SF Collections in Libraries
Topical Listings by Themes / Motifs / Topics
- Biology
- - Biology of B-Movie Monsters
- Alternate History
- - Uchronia The Alternate History List
- Art
- - Visual Index of Science Fiction Cover Art
- Buffy
- - Academic Buffy Bibliography
- Children's SF and Fantasy
- - Strange Horizons Recommended Children's SF and Fantasy
- - The Inter-Galactic Playground- Children's SF
- - Twentieth-Century American Children's Literature
- Cyberpunk
- - Cyberpunk Information Database
- Dracula
- - Dracula Library, The
- Feminism
- - Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Utopia
- - Feminist Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, & Fantasy (Wayback machine access)
- Genre Evolution Project
- - Genre Evolution Project Homepage
- Genres
- - Genres in Science Fiction (Wayback machine access)
- Hive Worlds
- - Index to the Hive World Web Page
- Horror
- - Walden East Homepage-Horror, Derleth, etc
- Hugo Awards
- - Hugo Award (By Category)
- Index to Themes
- - SciFan Themes in Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Ireland
- - Science Fiction and Fantasy set in Ireland a checklist
- Italy
- - Catalogo Generale della Fantascienza, Fantasy e Horror in Italia
- Moon
- - The Moon in Science Fiction
- Motion Pictures
- - Postmodernism and Science Fiction Film
- Paleoanthropology
- - Paleoanthropology Fiction
- Paleoanthropology
- - Prehistoric Fiction Bibliography
- Religion
- - Adherents.com - Religion in Literature (esp. Science Fiction)
- - Mormon SF Bibliography
- Robots
- - HISTORY OF ROBOTS IN THE VICTORIAN ERA
- Robots
- - Robots On Film Chronological List 1890-1979
- Scientists
- - Scientists Who Write Science Fiction
- Star Trek
- - Stasis Your Guide to the Scholarly Literature of TREK
- Texas
- - Horny Toads and Ugly Chickens- A Bibliography of Texas in Speculative Fiction
- Time Travel
- - Time Travel Bibliography Search
- Tolkien
- - Tolkien Bibliography
- Vampires
- - VAMPIRE READINGS
- - Vampire Readings The Online Vampire Bibliography
Conventions
SF Publishers and Dealers
Author Sites
Multiple Author Links
- - Locus Online Author, Artist, Editor Links
- - The SF Site Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Links
- - Center for the Bibliography of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Selected Author Sites
- Aldiss, Brian W.
- - The Official Brian W. Aldiss Web Site
- Asimov, Isaac
- - Isaac Asimov Home Page
- Biemiller, Carl
- - Biemiller, Carl Author for Young Readers
- Bradbury, Ray
- - Ray Bradbury
- Brin, David
- - Brin, David Official Web Site
- Bujold, Lois McMaster
- - The Bujold Nexus - The Lois McMaster Bujold Homepage
- Clarke, Arthur C.
- - Clarke, Arthur C. -Unauthorized Homepage
- Crider, Bill
- - Crider, Bill Home
- Davidson, Avram
- - The Avram Davidson Website
- Disch, Thomas M.
- - Thomas M. Disch Website - Novelist, Poet, Critic
- Gaiman, Neal
- - Gaiman, Neil - Journal
- Heinlein, Robert A.
- - Heinlein Society - Official Robert A Heinlein Estate Endorsed Website
- Howard, Robert A.
- - The Barbarian Keep -- Robert E. Howard and Conan
- - Index to HowardWorks
- - REHupa Web - Main Page
- King, Stephen
- - StephenKing.com The Official Stephen King Web Site
- Knowles, Thomas
- - Knowles, Thomas - Welcome to the Wild West Show!
- Lansdale, Joe R.
- - Joe R. Lansdale
- Le Guin, Ursula K.
- - Ursula K. Le Guin's official website
- Lovecraft, H. P.
- - The H.P. Lovecraft Archive
- Martin, George R. R.
- - Martin, George R. R.
- Moon, Elizabeth
- - Moon Elizabeth - Home Page
- Moorcock, Michael
- - Multiverse.org
- - Sweet Despise Michael Moorcock Homepage
- Norton, Andre
- - Norton, Andre - ANDRE NORTON ORG Main Index
- Oliver, Chad
- - Oliver, Chad - An Annotated Bibliography and Guide
- Schmitz, James H.
- - James H. Schmitz Encyclopedia
- Schmitz, James H.
- - Mar's James H. Schmitz Page
- Shelly, Mary
- - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Wayback machine access)
- - My Hideous Progeny Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- Shiner, Lewis
- - Shiner, Lewis
- Slonczewski, Joan
- - Joan Slonczewski Biologist and Science Fiction Author at Kenyon College
- Stapledon, William Olaf
- - Wm. Olaf Stapledon Online Archive
- Sterling, Bruce
- - Sterling, Bruce - Online Index
- Sturgeon, Theodore
- - http://www.physics.emory.edu/~weeks/sturgeon/
- Tuttle, Lisa
- - Tuttle, Lisa - The Works of Lisa Tuttle
- Verne, Jules
- - Jules Verne Virtual Library
- - Verne, Jules - Zvi Har'El's Jules Verne Collection
- Wells, H. G.
- - Wells, H. G.; The Americas
- Wells, Martha
- - Martha Wells Web Site
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The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
edited by John Clute and John Grant
New Data, Typographical Errors, Factual Corrections, and Miscellanea
Updated March 2003
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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls
New Data, Typographical Errors, Factual Corrections, and Miscellanea
Last updated September 2002