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Useful Links for SF Writers

Derryl Murphy on scams, vanity presses & POD

My Worst Sale Ever

Washington Post Article on PublishAmerica

Print on Demand (POD)

More POD

The Story of a Scam

More on Scams

More on PunishAmerica

Perhaps Not a Scam, But...

POD Back in the News...

Previously Featured Links

The website of Lynda Williams, author of the Okal Rel Saga.

The website of the Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and author Brett Alexander Savory.

The website of M.D. Benoit, author of SF mysteries and thrillers.

The website of artist Richard Bartrop.

The website of children's fantasy writer Simon Rose, author of (most recently) The Emerald Curse (Tradewind).

The Online Lonely Cry,  the website of an informal association of B.C. science fiction and fantasy writers, including Mary Choo, Eileen Kernaghan, Teresa Plowright, Clélie Rich, Rhea Rose, Matt Hughes, Nancy Bennett, and Dave Duncan.

The website of science fiction and fantasy author Matthew Hughes.

The website of Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Spider Robinson.

Michèle Laframboise: Artist, author--and winner of two 2005 Aurora Awards!

The Official Web Page of Douglas Smith...featuring news, online fiction, and market lists (with a special emphasis on foreign markets).

The Web site of SF writer and critic A.M. Dellamonica, featuring fiction, reviews and more.

Lost Pages, the Web site of Claude Lalumière, fiction writer, editor, critic and translator.

The Web site of Nina Munteanu, literary and SF writer, reviewer, essayist, scientist, graphic artist and principal of Pixl Press.

The Web site of Alison Sinclair, SF novelist and medical writer.

The online gallery of Canadian SF & fantasy artist James F. Beveridge.

Alison Baird, author of science fiction and fantasy for young adults, children and adults.

New Directions in Science Fiction, the official Web site of Karl Schroeder, author of the acclaimed SF novels Ventus and Permanence (Tor).

Arthur Slade, Governor General's Award-winning author of fantasy and horror for young people. 

Nicole Luiken, (also known as N. M. Luiken), author of speculative fiction for both adults and teens.

Rockall, the home page of the late Anthony Swithin, author of the fantasy series The Perilous Quest for Lyonesse.

Mark Shainblum, co-editor of the SF anthology Arrowdreams, co-creator of the comic strip Angloman, author, journalist and more.

Élisabeth Vonarburg, award-winning writer of novels and short stories.

Nancy Kilpatrick, award-winning writer of dark fantasy, horror and erotic horror.

Phyllis Gotlieb, pioneering Canadian SF novelist and poet.

Charles de Lint, World Fantasy Award winning author.

Dave Duncan, one of Canada's most popular and prolific fantasy & SF authors.

Nalo Hopkinson, a rising star of Canadian SF, winner of the 1999 John W. Campbell Award for best new SF writer.

Rifters, devoted to Peter Watts's novels. 

Recently Suggested Links

Polaris is operated by HB Fenn, the Canadian book distributor for Tor, Wizards of the Coast, Aspect, and others. Polaris features reviews, contests, news updates, excerpts, and more. The goal is to serve the interests of the SF&F community, with a particular emphasis on Canadian authors and content.

Allscifi.com

Yet Another Book Review Site

Solaris, Canada's premiere French-language SF magazine

Robert Runte's NCF Guide to Canadian SF & fandom

The Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy

Made in Canada, An Internet Guide to Canadian Science Fiction

Great Science Fiction & Fantasy Works

Canadian SF Forum

Multiverse Magazine

Techovelguy

Urban Legends Reference Pages

Kiss Machine

Trunk Stories

Insult Monger

Futurismic

Astronomy & Outer Space

Astrobrowse

AstroWeb

Constants & Equations for Calculations

Encyclopedia Astronautica

Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia

Planet Creation Kit

The Astrobiology Web

World Builders

World Building

Awards for SF & Fantasy

Aurealis Awards

Prix Aurora Awards

British Science Fiction Awards

John W. Campbell Memorial Award

Philip K. Dick Awards

Ditmars

Hugo Awards

Lambda Literary Awards

Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards

Mythopoeic Awards

Nebula Awards

Rhysling Awards

Sapphire Awards

Sidewise Awards for Alternate History

Sunburst Awards--the new Canadian SF & F awards

Bram Stoker Awards

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award

James Tiptree, Jr. Memorial Award

Biology

Botany, Ecology, Evolution, Marine Biology, Zoology

Electronic Zoo

Tree of life

Conventions

Worldcon 2004 (Noreascon 4)

Ad Astra (Toronto)

Con-Version (Calgary)

Keycon (Winnipeg)

VCON (Vancouver)

Folklore & Mythology

Archives of FOLKLORE@LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU

Myths and Legends

Folklore and Mythology E-texts

The Lucky Mojo Curio Co.

The Tam Lin Pages

Food & Drink

Epicurious dictionary

RecipeSource

History & Archaeology

American and British History Resources

Ancient World Web

Archaeological Guide for Europe

Archaeology

Full Text of 375 Greek and Roman classics (in English)

ECHO Science & Technology Virtual Centre

HNSource: The History Link

Labyrinth: Medieval Studies

Making of America

Medieval and Renaissance Fact and Fiction

NetSERF (Medieval stuff)

ORB Online Reference Book For Medieval Studies

UKans History Database

Language

American Dialects

English Dialects and Creoles Around the World

Ethnologue: Info on all known languages, and some of the others.

Jabberwocky in translations

Music

Ballad Index

International lyrics server

Links to Lyrics

Niki's Links Library: Music by Style or Cultural Origin

Names (People & Places)

Canadian Society for the Study of Names

Geographical Names Data Base

Placename Survey of the United States

RootsWeb

Scottish Placename Society

The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Publishers (General)

Avon Books

Baen Books

Books@Random

DAW Books

Harcourt

HarperCollins UK

HarperCollins (US)

Headline (UK)

Orbit (UK)

Penguin Canada

Penguin Putnam Inc

  • Putnam, Berkley, Ace, Viking, Penguin

Penguin UK

Random House

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Savoy (UK)

Simon & Schuster

St. Martin's Press

Warner Books

Publishers (SF&F specialty)

Anamnesis Press

Ash-Tree Press

Dark Highway Press

DreamHaven

Gauntlet Press

Donald M. Grant

Invisible Cities Press

Meisha Merlin

Necronomicon Press

NESFA Press

Overlook Connection Press

Phantasia Press

Prime Books

The Science Fiction Book Club

ShadowLands Press

Tachyon Publications

Transylvania Press

White Wolf

Wildside Press

Reference (General)

Bartlett's Quotations

Black Holes - Response Time Tracker

Calculators On-Line Center

Calendar Information Page

Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Games Kids Play

How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life

International Festivals, Celebrations, and Holydays

Internet Public Library

Jane's (fighting ships, aircraft, spacecraft....)

Literary terms glossary and Handbook of rhetorical devices

Math Tables, Dave's

Onelook dictionaries lookup

The Calendar Zone

The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia

Internet Scout Project

The World Wide Holiday and Festival Page

THOR+: The Virtual Reference Desk

World Climate: Weather rainfall and temperature data

WWW Bible Gateway

Science Fiction & Fantasy Information

Canadian SF Forum

Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections

Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase

Locus Database of SF, Contento & Brown, 1984 on

Locus Magazine

Science-fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)

SF newsgroups

The 'Net Alternate History List

Sci-Fi Wire

Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction Magazines

Absolute Magnitude

Albedo 1

Analog

Asimov's

Aurealis

Back Brain Recluse

BEM

Cemetery Dance

Century Magazine

Challenging Destiny

Clockwork Storybook

Clocktower Fiction

Crank!

Deep Outside SFFH

Dreams and Nightmares

Dreams of Decadence

Eidolon

Fantasy & Science Fiction

Interzone

The Leading Edge.

Maelstrom

Non-Stop

On Spec

Star*Line

Talebones: Fiction on the Dark Edge

The Third Alternative

TransVersions

The Urbanite

Weird Tales

Wonderbook

Science Fiction & Fantasy Non-Fiction Magazines 

Ansible

The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America

Crescent Blues

DarkEcho Horror

Delos Science Fiction

Foundation: The Review of Science Fiction

FTL

Hardwired

Mimosa

The New York Review of Science Fiction

The Paper Snarl

Science-Fiction Studies

Science Fiction Weekly

SF Eye

Speculations

Strange Words

Tangent Online

Via Galactica

Science Fiction & Fantasy Organizations

The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation

British Fantasy Society

British Science Fiction Association

Center for the Study of Science Fiction

Horror Writers Association (HWA)

Minnesota Science Fiction Society

Mythopoeic Society

New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA)

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)

The Science Fiction Foundation Collection

Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA)

Simetria FD & F (Portuguese)

World SF

World Science Fiction Society

Science Fiction & Fantasy Webzines

Ansible

DarkEcho

Eidolon

Event Horizon

Hellnotes

SF Weekly

SF Site

SFRevu

Tangent Online

Science (General)

American Scientist

EurekAlert! Scientific press releases

Los Alamos physics archive

Scientific American

Smithsonian

Writing & Literature

BookWire

Children's Literature Web Guide

Speculations

The Critters Writers Workshop

The Literary Encylopedia and Dictionary

Agent Research

Inscriptions

SharpWriter

Spicy Green Iguana

Internet Book Information Center

Library of Congress search form

The New Hacker's Dictionary





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Updated February 28, 2008

Links last verified January 21, 2004.