Some of my Favorite Authors

Random House's Anne McCaffrey Archives
Random House's World of Pern

Info about upcoming books, awards, a few other links.
ForTen is a Dragonriders fan club
Rhiannon's page with many Pernese links
There are a large number of online Pernese role playing games
Harper's Tale is an online roleplaying game played in Pern
Dragonsfire MOO
Pern Fandom page at Fandom Domain
The Jockey Club of Pern; Runnerbeast Racing, Roll Playing (role?) and Equine Enthusiasts
There be Dragons here
Dragonfire Internet Services hosts many interesting sites, including a lot of Pernese things
Suggested other reading from the SF Site
The McCaffrey List

Of all the heroines in all the books I have ever read, the most memorable and admirable has always been Lois McMaster Bujold's Cordelia. I fell big time for Aral in Shards of Honor, but Barrayar is the one book that I admired the most. Cordelia is a veritable lioness; don't get in her way, folks! One thing that really impresses me about Ms. Bujold is the way that her Vorkosigan series has been of consistantly high quality. The latest, Memory was just incredible.

The Bujold Nexus
Maureen's Bujold Filksongs
Miles' Minions fan club
Suggested other reading from the SF Site
Lois Bujold Mailing List Archives

The archives for the Bujold mailing list.
She'll be at the ConFusion Con in January of 1999
She'll be at Liberty Con May 22-24, 1998
A few chapters from her latest Vorkosigan book, Komarr, due to be out in June, 1998

When I read David Weber's first Harrington book, On Basilisk Station, it was at the insistance of a friend. I was reluctant because it was science fiction (I normally like fantasy) and it was written by a man (not that I have anything against men, but I love character driven fiction and not many men write that). Boy, was I surprised. David Weber has since risen to be one of my half dozen favorite authors, and he is, perhaps, the writer I admire the most. He has the ability to instantly generate sympathy for his characters, sometimes to a gut-clenching degree (read Honor Among Enemies and you'll see what I mean). However, his knowledge of military history and tactics gives a very sharp, focused crispness to his books, which is something many "character" type books lack. Weber seems to appeal to men and women both equally, which is another unusual strength of his writing. His heroine Honor Harrington is a very strong character, though perhaps a bit too invulnerable in many ways. She's not a "man with breasts" but she comes dangerously close at times. In any case, I would recommend Weber's books very highly.

The Unofficial David Weber Fan Club Page

Michelle Sagara's Sundered quadrilogy suffered from terrible distribution and is very difficult to find anywhere. This is not light reading. It is the ultimate, distilled essence of the Beauty & the Beast story, the anti-hero reformed by love. So intense in places that I had to put the book down and take a short walk before I could continue.

When I first read Barbara Hambly's Dragonsbane, I was struck by what an unusual supporting hero she had created. Whimsical and down-to-earth at the same time, he was neither the stereotypical arrogant romantic lead, nor was he the oversensitive, self-doubting woman-without-breasts that you find in some stories. Antryg Windrose, from her Silicon Mage series is the same way. Vulnerable and gentle without being helpless or self doubting. Though her POV character is always a woman it is often the men in her stories which I remember best.

Deb's Barbara Hambly Page Todd's Barbara Hambly Page Project: Darkmage

General Science Fiction & Fantasy

This is by far the best on-line bookstore I've found. They are reasonably priced, prompt in shipping and their books arrive in excellent condition. If they are not able to ship all of your books out at once they send them in multiple shipments for no extra charge. Even old books that are no longer being published may be available. To find the books you've been looking for, try their book search. The site has beautiful cover scans for most of their books, comments from people who have read the books and easy ways to find other books by that author.

Has a lot of my favorite authors: Bujold, Weber, McCaffrey, Moon, Asprin. You can find preview chapters of upcoming books.

Has lots of links to authors and other publishers.

Has a FAQ, archives, art & artists, authors, awards, biblios, books, chats, mailing lists, reviews, crits, zines and other resources. Encompasses science fiction & fantasy, comics, movies, TV, role-playing and just about anything related. Several mirror sites.

List of links to author bibliographies.

List of upcoming Worldcons and NASFiC, as well as info on past Worldcons..

Club for science fiction & fantasy, gaming, etc.

Beautiful listing of books from various authors, many with covers.

Many with links to the authors' home pages.

Upcoming books, features, articles, helpful links

Lists several awards with various authors' names on them and all the winners of each award.

Links to lists, archives, authors, publishers and other sites. Includes links to Authurian home page, several SF/F pages, authors, publishers, B5 & Trek.

Some interesting articles relating to science fiction world.

Links to Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors

Includes SF/F, conventions, publishers & bookstores, fanfic, zines, TV, music.

Don't miss the Babylon 5-Monty Python page (funny!), or the Grand List of Overused SF cliches (good reference). A number of very funny links.

Pages that range from the excellent to the trivial to the downright bizarre.

A site for "feminist" science fiction. Normally I avoid stuff like this but the page author defines feminism as the belief that men and women are equal, and doesn't appear to have any militant or "rage" based overtones. Focuses on the idea that through science fiction, women can explore their true potential outside of traditional societal limitations.

Too many categories to list here.

A "virtual consuite for online fen". Chat calender, reviews, convention news for science fiction lovers.

The dedicated science fiction & fantasy search engine.

Magazines, fan groups, authors, awards, commercial sites, publishers, conventions, fandom and various other stuff.

Book and movie reviews, super shorts, articles. Pretty new.

Links to science fiction magazines.

Science fiction, fantasy and horror. Links to conventions, events, previews, science news, conferencing.

Has a rare book finder.

Fantasy and SciFi Ezine.

Places to read and discuss sf/f:

A wonderful p lace to read and discuss science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, romance and many other genres.

This is the most marvelous collection of fanfic I've found on the net so far. The Sime-Gen fans are very devoted to their world views and Jacqueline takes an active interest in their activities, encouraging fanfic (though she can be quite exacting as to its "authenticity"). Be sure to visit the Zeor Visitor's Center and the Zeor Forum.

Conventions

Links to all the Northwest conventions.

Yes, I will be attending this one from April 10 through April 11, 1998, in Seattle, Washington. Theme is villains

October 30 through November 1, 1998, in Fife, Washington. Guests will include Elizabeth Scarborough and Rue Emerson. Looks interesting - am still considering.

In Beaverton, Oregon, over the weekend of July 24th through 27th, so it's just a short drive away. Steve Perry is the guest of honor. Might be attending.

A gaming convention in Seattle, Washington over the weekend of August 28-30, 1998. Another possibility.

I will definately be here, in Portland, Oregon, over the weekend of November 13-15! My favorite author, Lois McMaster Bujold will be the Writer Guest of Honor.

This should be great! Guests will include C.J. Cherryh, Barbara Hambly, Kris Rusch, Ellen Datlow and Wendy Pini (Elfquest). To be held in Spokane, Washington over the July 2-5 weekend in 1999.

A list of sf convention terms with their explanations.

Conventions pages listed with Infoseek.

One of the biggest conventions for sf/f fans. They always have a few big names in sf/f attending.

Miscellaneous Interesting Sites

Vampire Junction - a link to "all things vampiric"

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