~ Early Web Links ~

Emerald City, edited by Cheryl Morgan, is a science fiction and fantasy webzine featuring an extensive curated links page connecting readers to SF news, literary sites, webzines, publishers, fanzines, and fan organizations. The page serves as a carefully selected directory of the SF/F internet landscape, with links ranging from the World Science Fiction Society to indie fanzine reviews, making it a valuable hub for genre enthusiasts.

Far Sector SFFH (formerly Deep Outside SFFH) was the world's first professional web-only science fiction, fantasy, and horror magazine, active from 1998 to 2007. Now preserved as a museum site, it features short fiction, reviews, editorial columns, and interviews from notable genre contributors including Shaun Farrell, John Kenneth Muir, and Nebula-nominated authors.

Helion Online is a Romanian-language science fiction and fantasy fanzine published by Asociația Culturală Helion, running since 1980 and now in its 173rd online issue. The magazine features original prose, poetry, reviews, interviews, film and game coverage, astronomy photography, and editorial commentary, making it one of the oldest and most comprehensive SF/F publications in Romania.

Robin Hanson, an economist at George Mason University, explores the intersection of economics and hard science fiction, critiquing the often unrealistic economic assumptions found in speculative futures about space colonies, nanotechnology, AI, and singularities. The page collects essays and links arguing that professional economists have much to contribute to serious future-studies discourse, with topics ranging from machine intelligence and interstellar colonization to the Doomsday Argument.

The Locus Index to Science Fiction is a comprehensive bibliographic reference compiled by Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento, cataloging SF and fantasy works from 1984 through the mid-2000s. It includes indexes to anthologies, collections, magazine checklists, award databases, and addenda for mystery and crime fiction indexes, making it an essential research tool for genre enthusiasts and scholars alike.

BASFA, the Bay Area Science Fiction Association, is a weekly social club for science fiction fans that meets every Monday evening in San Jose, California. The site covers meeting details, membership info, a fanzine, photo archives, and club rules for this long-running community group.

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 guestbook for 'littlevampire,' a Neocities-style personal site centered around a love of vampires, gothic aesthetics, and vampire fiction. Visitors are asked to share their favourite vampire, hinting at a richly themed site with playlists, graphics, and a community of like-minded gothic and vampire enthusiasts.

SpecLit is Brian P.'s thoughtful blog dedicated to analyzing and discussing speculative fiction, covering topics like worldbuilding, writing economics, digest publications, and the genre publishing industry. Posts engage critically with the SF community, reviewing ideas about fandom consolidation, genre economics, and the craft of speculative writing.

Hochelaga Depicta is Matthew David Surridge's blog dedicated to science fiction and fantasy literature, featuring reviews, commentary, and links to great SF&F writing across the web. The post highlighted focuses on curating notable fantasy writing that Surridge considers part of an underground tradition distinct from mainstream modernism.