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. 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
• Wikiseek - The contents of Wikiseek searches are restricted to Wikipedia pages and only those sites which are referenced within Wikipedia, making it an authoritative source of information less subject to spam and SEO schemes. The list of topics when the search "Science Fiction" is entered is impressive.
• 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
• The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies
• Extrapolation Home Page
• FEMSPEC
• Future Orbits
• Heinlein Journal
• Locus Online
• Metaphores revue de critique sur la science-fiction et le fantastique
• Postmodern Culture
• Science Fiction Romance Newsletter
• 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

• Steven's Science Fiction & Fantasy Corner-Magazines
• The SF Site Magazines

Topical Listings

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

- The Buffy Library - An International Annotated 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

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

- Heinlein Archives

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

- 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