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Websites
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Genre Fiction Websites
Founded in 1997, this UK society publishes the quarterly Historical Novels Review. The site offers interviews with authors, reviews, advance notice of future titles, and a newsletter. (www.historicalnovelsociety.org) Soon's Historical Fiction Site Features selected archives from the newsgroup rec.arts.books.hist-fiction. Look here for bibliographies of fiction focusing on Richard III, Medieval Spain, Teutonic Knights and more. (uts.cc.utexas.edu/~soon/histfiction/)Horror Includes links to the Horror Writer's Association and the Dark Links listing of horror writers, as well as reviews and interviews. (www.darkecho.com/darkecho/index.html) The Horror Writer's Association is dedicated to promoting reading interests in horror and dark fantasy. They sponsor the Bram Stoker Awards, publish anthologies, and have a recommended reading list. (www.horror.org/) Mystery Much more than a virtual newsletter, this site brings you new books, upcoming mystery related events, writers' networking, awards, and reference sources for mystery writers and fans. It's also the new home of The Mysterious Home Page, a guide to mystery and crime fiction resources on the Internet. (www.cluelass.com) Created by A&E, Mysteries.com features an online book club, a site of the week, excerpts for new releases, and a searchable database where you can find the meaning of mystery terms, characters, television shows, and movies. (www.mysteries.com) Meet new authors, learn about small presses that are publishing mysteries, and read book reviews of forthcoming mystery novels. (www.themysteryreader.com) A large, all-encompassing site featuring polls, discussion boards, links, information on authors and more. (www.mysterynet.com) A great source for recommended reading and new mystery links to explore. (www.poisonedpen.com) Search for books by a variety of indexes: author, character, setting, job of the series character, historical period, cross-genre and more. (www.stopyourekillingme.com/index.html)Romance For lovers of romance novels, All About Romance provides book reviews, information about romance authors, message boards and discussion lists. (www.likesbooks.com) Hundreds of reviews of current romantic fiction, divided into categories: historical, contemporary, time travel, fantasy and others. Enter contests and meet new romance authors in the New Faces column. (www.theromancereader.com) Romance Writers of America is a non-profit professional and educational association. Their Website provides information on author appearances, new book releases, and a searchable database where you can locate titles based on geography, genre, or time period. (www.rwanational.com) Romance Writers' and Readers' Links Page A great collection of romance author Web pages, bestseller lists and sites of interest to readers: Regency history, costume, British Isles and much more. (www.jaclynreding.com/links/) For readers and writers -- the trade journal of romance fiction. Over 100 reviews of new books each week! (www.romantictimes.com) Science Fiction and Fantasy Definitions of Science Fiction A comprehensive collection of definitions of the much-argued nature of Science Fiction. (www.panix.com/~gokce/sf_defn.html) A comprehensive site that compiles Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror authors. For each author there is a complete listing of novels, series, collections, and anthologies the author has written or edited. Also, anthologies containing that author's work is listed. (www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/) Internet Speculative Fiction Database ISFDB includes works of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. "It links together various types of bibliographic data: author bibliographies, publication bibliographies, award listings, magazine content listings, anthology and collection content listings, yearly fiction indexes, and forthcoming books." Magazines from the early 20th century are indexed here. (www.sfsite.com/home.htm)The Linkoping Science Fiction & Fantasy Archive Contains reviews, author information, bibliographies, artwork and lots more on sci-fi and fantasy. (sf.www.lysator.liu.se/sf_archive/) The venerable, award-winning journal of science fiction and fantasy has interviews, reviews and recommended reading lists. (www.locusmag.com/) Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database The Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database is an on-line, searchable compilation and extension of Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index 1878-1985, Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index 1985-1991, and Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index 1992-1995, including material located since publication of the last printed volume. This database provides access to articles, books, obituaries, criticism, and other materials about science fiction and fantasy, with some coverage of horror, supernatural, and weird fiction. (library.tamu.edu/cushing/sffrd/default.asp) Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. This non-profit writers' organization was founded in 1965 and presents the prestigious Nebula Awards for the science fiction or fantasy best short story, novelette, novella, and novel of the year. SFWA provides links for bestseller SF & fantasy lists and awards, press releases, industry and publisher news, and site of the week. (www.sfwa.org) Love Science Fiction? Love Romance? You may like this site which features authors like Dara Joy, Catharine Asaro, and Mercedes Lackey who blend the genres creating futuristic romance, paranormal romance, and science ficton and romance novels. You can sign up for their newsletter and read reviews. (www.sfronline.com) Now you can get the most up-to-date information on science fiction books, television programs, and movies from Sci Fi Wire, the news service of the Sci Fi Channel. (www.scifi.com/scifiwire) Since 1979, SF-Lovers has been a presence on the Internet! You can search back issues of the Digest, the Conventions List, a Reference Section, and a Resource Guide. (www.sflovers.org/)The SF Site: The Home Page for Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors, awards, forthcoming books, bibliographies, audiobooks, and sci-fi bookstores - all in a speedy and current package! (www.sfsite.com/home.htm)Uchronia - The Alternate History List Uchronia provides readers with an annotated bibliography of novels, essays, and short stories about alternate histories or "what ifs." You can search for titles by author, series, anthologies, and country. In addition to contemporary works, booklists for stories dating back to 1732 and reference books on this subject are listed. (uchronia.net)Westerns A large site devoted to the American West that features book reviews of adult westerns and westerns for children. (www.readthewest.com)ReadWest.com An online magazine for readers of Westerns, featuring book reviews, lists, and more. (www.readwest.com/)Western Writers of America WWA was founded in 1953 to promote the literature of the American West and bestow Spur Awards for distinguished writing in the Western field. Their Website actively helps its members promote their books and articles, and aggressively promotes the literature of the American West, which it considers this country's unique contribution to world literature. (www.westernwriters.org) E-books & Online Literature Publisher of literature, reference, and verse with unlimited access to books free of charge. You can find Shakespeare's plays along with Bulfinch's series on legends and myythology, Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, Robert's Rules of Order, and Emily Post's Etiquette. (www.Bartleby.com) Index to thousands of books available online in full text. Project Gutenberg was created in 1971 as a way to centralize and make freely available famous and important texts. You will not find recent bestsellers, but you will find classic texts by Poe, Dante, Alcott, and Burroughs. The texts are downloaded from local FTP sites as .txt and .zip files.
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