~ Early Web Links ~

Christopher Weuve's personal site covers his passions as a naval analyst, wargame designer, and science fiction enthusiast, with sections dedicated to an extensive book library of over 9,000 volumes, naval SF reading lists, and tabletop game design including a Vector Movement System. The site has a strong science fiction flavor throughout, from the Exordium fan page and mailing list to the space travel fiction lists and naval SF recommendations.

Locus Online's weekly new books monitor tracks freshly published science fiction, fantasy, and horror titles spotted in bookstores or received as review copies during the first week of May 2005. Each entry includes publisher details, ISBNs, pricing, format, and brief excerpts, making it a valuable snapshot of the SFFH publishing landscape from that era.

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.

Edited by Jesse Sheidlower and rooted in a project begun with the Oxford English Dictionary, the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction is a comprehensive quotation-based lexicon tracing the origins and evolution of science fiction terminology. With nearly 2,000 entries spanning from the early 1900s to today, it documents coinages like 'Afrofuturism,' 'alternate universe,' and hundreds more with dated citations and author attributions.

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) is the premier professional organization for authors working in speculative fiction, offering members resources like model contracts, legal support, emergency funds, and mentorship programs. Home to the prestigious Nebula Awards, the site also features Writer Beware, advocacy initiatives, and an online magazine called Planetside, making it an essential hub for working SFF writers.

Fandom.se is a Swedish-language web hub dedicated to science fiction and fantasy fandom in Sweden, providing links to SF clubs, conventions (Swecon), pub meetings, and discussion forums. It serves as a central navigation point for the Nordic SF community, tracing the roots of fandom back to the 1920s pulp magazine letter columns and connecting fans across Swedish cities.

Orion's Arm is a collaborative hard science fiction worldbuilding project set tens of thousands of years in the future, featuring godlike AI empires, realistic exobiology, and over 10,000 years of meticulously developed fictional history. The project includes an encyclopaedia, original fiction, illustrated primers, and an active community forum where contributors expand this vast shared universe together.

The Science Fiction Awards Database, maintained by Mark R. Kelly and the Locus Science Fiction Foundation, is a comprehensive reference covering every major SF award including the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and dozens more. Visitors can browse award histories by author name, publication, or award category, making it an invaluable tool for tracking the genre's most celebrated works across decades.