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Welcome to my page of Science Fiction links. While I do not intend for this to be a comprehensive list, I will have many things that I think are of interest to the Science Fiction fan, covering everything from books and movies, to radio and writing. I will be updating this sight as much as my time allows, so check back often. I hope you enjoy it!








GRENDEL'S FEATURED SITE
Ramjet the space dog is always busy sniffing out cool sights for me. This time he dug up Harlan Ellison's official website. One of the most controversial writers, Ellison is the author of such famous tales as "A Boy and His Dog," "Shatterday," and "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream." This fan-maintained site has pictures and writings of Mr. Ellison.


STAR TREK



The Microsoft Network's Star Trek Page.

Star Trek: WWW. Good looking page with many links.
The Klingon Language Institute. Learn to speak Klingon.
Also for you language buffs, The Darmok Dictionary, featuring the aliens from that wonderful ST:TNG episode "Darmok."



THE X-FILES The X-Files. Really nice page. Used to have sound files, but I think Fox made the author remove them.
The X-Files Time Waster Page. Got anything better to do?
The Official X-Files Website.

COMICS

Get in touch with your inner fanboy with these cool sites devoted to comics.
Marvel Comics Online.

DC Comics.

Dark Horse Comics.

www.mania.com. The guys from American Entertainment have a really cool sight. Place your orders online.

Westfield Comics. Can't find that back issue you've been needing? Maybe these guys can help you out.

The Comics Scholarship Annotated Bibliography. Very extensive site containin tons of historical and critical info.

The History of Super Hero Comic Books. Contains the revised CCA code. Non Super Hero comic history is forthcoming.

The Comic Book Movie Connection. Showing which movies were inspired by comic books. It needs to be updated though.

The Surfer Domain. The Silver Surfer is my favorite character in the Marvel Universe.

MOVIES
Here are the homepages for the latest science fiction movies.

What Dreams May Come. A promising fantasy epic about the next world. Starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, and Max Von Sydow. Based on the book by Richard Matheson.

Blade. Marvel Comics' favorite vampire hunter comes to the big screen. Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristoferson and Stephen Dorff star. Blade is half human, half vampire, with all of their powers and none of their weaknesses. This is going to be cool!

Mighty Joe Young. The remake of the 1949 Ray Harryhausen film, starring Bill Paxton.

Coming Attractions is a neat site that lets you look up future movies by genre. Look up comic book-inspired and science fiction films and read about their production rumors.

This one is in video stores now. It's called The Whole Wide World. This passionate piece explores the unrequited love relationship of famed pulp writer and the creator of Conan, Robert E. Howard, with school teacher Novalyne Price. The movie is based on a book by Novalyne Price Ellis. Learn all about the film here at Sony's Classics homepage.

ORGANIZATIONS
Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society. Sponsors the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

The J. Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas.

The World Science Fiction Society. Sponsors of the Hugo awards and the Worldcons.

ACADEMIC LINKS
Study guide for The War of the Worlds. Good source for science fiction research material.

The Moon in Science Fiction. An alphabetized list of authors who wrote science fiction stories featuring the moon.

The Science Fiction Foundation Collection at the University of Liverpool Library contains lots of scholarly information.

The Science Fiction Research Association publishes several journals available to members.

The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts holds annual conferences and has calls for scholarly papers.
SF Resources for Teachers. As an aspiring teacher I couldn't help but sneak this in. Great-looking page with good information and resources on the teaching of science fiction, with more coming soon.

Books On The Internet This subcategory lists several resources for finding that hard-to-find book and read it on the Web free of charge.

The Internet Public Library. Great source for hundreds of works by almost any author.

Bibliography.com. A great source for science fiction.

CONVENTIONS

WorldCon. The World Science Fiction Convention put on by the World Science Fiction Society.

DragonCon. July 1-4 1999 in Atlanta, GA.
Check out A Fanboy's Guide to DragonCon.

MegaCon.

SF RADIO






Atlanta Radio Theatre Company. Does wonderful originals and adaptations of classic SF works. Won the Silver Mark Time Award last year for their production of "The Island of Dr. Moreau."

Seeing Ear Theatre. On the Dominion website. Classics and originals told in a brand new way. Sorry, you need RealAudio to use this site, but you can download it from there.

Alien Voices. Star Trek alumnists Leonard Nimoy and John DeLancie have teamed up to found Alien Voices, a company that turns classic SF into "old-style" radio plays. Hear exerpts and order your favorites on CD or cassette from Amazon.com

SF on Radio. A great source of Old Time Radio info maintained by Jerry Stearns.

Old Time Radio. This is a wonderfully rich sight with great graphics and tons of info and links. A must for any OTR fan.

Radio Spirits. THE source for OTR programs. Order their free catalog and take advantage of their weekly discounts.

WRITING
As an aspiring writer, I couldn't create a page devoted to science fiction without providing some links for you would-be Heinleins and future Asimovs. Here are a few links that I have found most helpful.
AwardWeb. Maintained by Laurie Mann. Keeps track of the Hugo, Nebula, and other winners and even includes awards outside the genre.
SFWA: the Science Fiction Writers of America.
The Scholary. Fellow Geocities neighbor Sabina C. Becker has an interesting webpage where she talks about the writer's life. Well-written and insightful, it's definately worth a peek.
The Write Quotes. Here I have compiled a list of quotes from famous writers about the craft of writing.
The Market List. Excellent information about SF/F/H publishers. Updated regularly.
Writer's Resource Center is one of the best writing sites I've found so far. While not genre-specific, it lists organizations, tips on writing poetry, reviews on books about writing and more. This one is a must-see.

OTHER RESOURCES

The Dominion. From the Sci-Fi Channel, the channel that only the coolest people watch.

Yahoo! Science Fiction. Good source of links.

Maintained by Chazz Boston Baden. Really extensive and well organized.

Steven Silver's SF Page.

Christian Fans of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror.

Christian Fandom.

Area51/Cavern main page.



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