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Science Fiction:

Alternate Headlines

A humorous look at possible newspaper headlines in worlds that might have happened.

http://home.hiwaay.net/~billfl/altlines.html

Best SF

Short story summaries, reviews, and a collection of links to texts available online.

http://www.bestsf.net/

232.8°C

Articles about SFF, plus the genres' history and biographies of influential authors.

http://hem.passagen.se/gumby/sf/eng/

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

Course Materials for the Study of Science Fiction

A study guide from a class taught at Washington State university, this site contains information about many SF classics, including hyperlinks to related sites.

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/science_fiction/Science_Fiction_Guides.html

Dr Tomorrow

Official site of the futurist Frank Ogden.

http://www.drtomorrow.com/

FutureFiction.com

Reviews of authors and books in the science fiction and fantasy genres.

http://www.futurefiction.com

MiC Newsletter

Monthly newsletter with Canadian SF literature news, award news, media news, a list of upcoming books and guest editorials.

http://www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/Newsletters/

Science Fiction & Fantasy World

Authors, SF news, reviews and a free e-zine.

http://www.sffworld.com/

Science Fiction Review Site

Sci-fi and fantasy book reviews, top ten lists, and short stories.

http://www.science-fiction-review.com/

Sci-Fi Books Page

Links to science fiction and fantasy authors.

http://www.geocities.com/psion410/ScienceFictionBooks.html

SF and Fantasy Book List

Bibliography of science-fiction and fantasy authors and their books. Database also contains links to official and fan sites of various authors where they exist.

http://www.sfbooklist.co.uk/

SF Site: Fiction Home

Reviews and news of short fiction magazines and anthologies.

http://www.sfsite.com/fiction/fichome.htm

Warpcore SF

SFF short stories, news and reviews.

http://www.warpcoresf.co.uk/

About.com: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Channel

Daily SFF news updates from About.com guide Julia Houston. You will need RSS reader software to subscribe to this content. [RSS]

http://z.about.com/6/g/scifi/b/index.rdf

Emerald City Feed

Reviews of SFF books, conventions and related material. [RSS]

http://www.emcit.com/emcit.rss

Nest Daily SFF

RSS feed for daily science fiction news updates. [RSS]

http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/fastnews/rss.php

Sci-Fi Storm

RSS-fed source for sci-fi news. [RSS]

http://scifistorm.org/articles.rdf

Speculative Vision

News feed updated monthly. [RSS]

http://speculativevision.com/scifi_news/news.cdf

Warpcore SF

Science fiction and fantasy news and reviews, in RSS 2.0 format. [RSS]

http://www.warpcoresf.co.uk/feed.xml

Xenite.org

Science fiction and fantasy essays in a feed format. [RSS]

http://www.xenite.org/channels/xenite-org.rss

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