~ Early Web Links ~

The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5, maintained by Steven Grimm, is a comprehensive fan reference covering episodes, the Babylon 5 universe, production details, and other resources for the beloved sci-fi series. One of the most enduring B5 fan sites on the web, it has been updated as recently as 2023 and even has its source code available on GitHub for community contributions.

Fabio Feminò is an Italian expert in astronautics, futurology, and science fiction who built this richly detailed site exploring how 20th-century writers, scientists, and artists imagined the future. Visitors can discover the iconic space art of Chesley Bonestell and Robert McCall, read excerpts from Heinlein, Frederik Pohl, and other SF giants, and browse the stunning pulp magazine covers that defined retro-futurism.

The Selvan is a richly imagined fantasy and speculative biology worldbuilding project featuring original lore, magic systems, and cosmic storytelling. Regularly updated with new content, this site chronicles the universe of the Selvan with a dark, star-themed aesthetic and creative world-building depth.

The official website of author C. E. Winterland, dedicated to the Mindsight Series, a planned 7-part fantasy fiction saga featuring swords, sorcery, and magic. Fans of epic fantasy will find this a home base for following the series as it develops.

Dave Switzer is a writer, editor, and longtime publisher of the science fiction and fantasy magazine 'Challenging Destiny,' and his homepage serves as a hub for his many projects including the magazine, an editing service, and essays on topics like language in apes. The site also features travel photos, quotations from sci-fi authors, and links to favorite authors like Joan Slonczewski, making it a charming window into the life of a passionate genre enthusiast.

Dave Switzer's curated links page gathers hundreds of resources for science fiction and fantasy fans, covering magazines, publishers, databases, author bibliographies, and Canadian SF in particular. With 8 organized sections and over 400 annotated links, it serves as a rich reference hub for anyone deep in the speculative fiction world.

Exclave Urban Railway is an immersive worldbuilding project by creator Whey Isolate, centered on a fictional city at the heart of a sprawling, poetic science fantasy universe. Visitors navigate a transit-themed interface of routes and stations to explore an ever-growing world filled with lyrical lore, mysterious characters, and strange cosmic geography.

Ratlover's site is a comprehensive collection of AI character cards for chatbot frontends, featuring dozens of original characters alongside figures from video games like Final Fantasy, Skyrim, and Morrowind, as well as Space Station 13 personas. Visitors can browse and download card images to import into their preferred AI chat software, with characters ranging from original OCs to adventure scenarios and themed submissions.

A specialized online calculator for the giantess fantasy genre that converts a woman's real-world measurements into scaled-up giantess proportions, outputting everything from height in miles to how small a 6-foot man would appear. Created originally by Byl and updated by AbsentStar, it even includes celestial reference points like the Moon, Earth, and Sun for truly astronomical size comparisons.

Betwixt is an independent literary magazine dedicated to publishing original short fiction in the fantasy, science fiction, and speculative genres, with issues featuring multiple authors per installment. Issue 11 showcases stories ranging from lich mythology to Arthurian legend, offering a curated reading experience for fans of imaginative short fiction.