Doctor Who | Other Sci-Fi TV and Movies | Sci-Fi Fanzines, Webzines, etc.
Former Prydonian Assembly Guests' sites | Other Sci-Fi Sites
Other TV & Movie Sites
| Miscellaneous Sites |
Space & Science |
Doctor Who Ratings Guide. An extremely comprehensive review site for pretty much anything that's Doctor Who related.
Howe's Who. The home page of Doctor Who historian and nonfiction author David J. Howe. All kinds of neat stuff about his own books as well as Doctor Who in general, plus plenty more.
The TARDIS Library. "Up-to-date information on the latest Doctor Who books, videos, DVDs, CDs and cassettes."
The Who Shop. A small store in east London that must be really be a TARDIS, because you wouldn't believe how much Doctor Who merchandise is crammed inside. Run by Alex Loosely-Saul, a wonderful friend of ours. Directly across from the East Ham tube stop.
Blakes 7.com. News on this classic cult series from the UK.
Dark Horizons. "The latest news, images, clips and reviews of all the current and upcoming blockbuster films. Also included are some great episode guides to your favourite cult TV shows, as well as a weekly breakdown of films and shows screening in the US, the UK and Australia."
Farscape.com. The official site. Episode guide, etc.
Knight Rider Online. One of the biggest sites for fans of K.I.T.T.
The Lord of the Rings. The official site.
Red
Dwarf Official site. Official Site for Red Dwarf.
The Sci Fi Channel. The official site of the Science Fiction Channel. Schedule-bot, news, original skiffy, other cool stuff.
Sci-Flicks. A comprehensive guide to science fiction movies.
Star Trek.com. The official site.
Star Wars.com. The official site.
TheForce.net. The leading fan-run site for Star Wars information.
TrekToday. Updated daily, this site has lots of reliable Star Trek news.
Ansible. Dave Langford's award-winning fanzine (now also an e-zine).
Apehelion: The Webzine of Science Fiction and Fantasy. A beatifully designed, very interesting sci fi e-zine.
Brenda Clough. Nebula- and Hugo-nominated author. Our May 2002 guest.
Esther Friesner. "Auntie Esther." Award-winninng writer, also an editor, raconteuse (sp?), Cheeblemancer, and hugely popular convention guest. Our May 2000 guest.
Laura Anne Gilman. SF author and editor. Our Sept. 2000 guest.
Jael. This is the site for the award-winning fantasy artist. Our May 2001 guest.
Paul Levinson. The home page for the recent former president of SFWA and SF author. Our Jan. 2001 guest.
Tom Purdom. The home page for the terrific SF short story writer from Philadelphia. Our April 2001 guest.
Association of Science Fiction Artists (ASFA). The professional association for science fiction and fantasy artists and illustrators (although amateur artists are welcome as members, too). Gives out the annual Chesley Awards for excellence in science fiction and fantasy art.
The Heinlein Society. "The Heinlein Society exists to preserve the legacy that Robert Heinlein left us: novels and short stories that remain as fresh as they ever were. Our goal is to encourage readers to read him, to think about what he has to day, and to provide an ongoing forum where Heinlein lovers can exchange their views about Heinlein's ideas, sometimes with people who actually knew the man himself."
Locus Online. Locus is the monthly magazine of science fiction news and information. Very good on publishing and fandom news.
Michael Swanwick's Periodic Table of Science Fiction. Original stories by our award-winning Feb. 2001 guest, on the Sci Fi Channel's Sci Fiction section. Each week, a new short short story about a different element from the Periodic Table of the Elements.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The leading professional organization for the folks who write what we read.
Science Fiction Research Association. "The SFRA is the oldest professional organization for the study of science fiction and fantasy literature and film. Founded in 1970, the SFRA was organized to improve classroom teaching; to encourage and assist scholarship; and to evaluate and publicize new books and magazines dealing with fantastic literature and film, teaching methods and materials, and allied media performances. Among the membership are people from many countries - students, teachers, professors, librarians, futurologists, readers, authors, booksellers, editors, publishers, archivists, and scholars in many disciplines. Academic affiliation is not a requirement for membership."
SFF.net. A site that hosts pages for many many sci-fi authors.
SF Site. "The Home Page for Science Fiction and Fantasy."
SFX
Online. The online site of SFX, an excellent
monthly British science fiction magazine. Breaking news, other
stuff.
Box Office Guru. Got points in a movie? (Gross points, we hope, not net points.) See how it's doing at this useful site.
Epguides.com. Episode guides to lots of TV shows.
Golden Raspberries Foundation. Awards the annual "Golden Raspberry" Awards (aka "The Razzies") to the worst movies of the year.
TV Shows on DVD - Good site to
watch for tv shows coming out on DVD. You get to vote for the shows you
would like to see on DVD.
Zap2It. Tons of news & information
about current and past TV shows, plus movies and the Internet.
(Formerly "UltimateTV.com".)
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. "Where WWW means 'Wretched Writers Welcome'." An annual competition to "compose the opening sentence to the worest of all possible novels." Named after the late Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English baron and poetaster, whose 1830 novel Paul Clifford opened with the immortal line, "It was a dark and stormy night" and went downhill from there. Sponsored since 1982 by the Department of English at San Jose State University.
Calligraphic Buttons by Nancy Lebovitz. If you've gone to a convention in the Northeast, you've seen Nancy's hysterically funny hand-lettered buttons. Now you can order them online! E-mail her for more information.
The Capitol Steps. "Surgeon General's Warning: The Capitol Steps will cause your sides to split. - C. Everett Koop, 1/6/89." Yes they will. "The Capitol Steps, the only group in America that attempts to be funnier than the Congress, is a troupe of current and former Congressional staffers." They write incisively witty and humorous songs about political events and personalities, and perform and record them. Bi-partisan (i.e., they make fun of everyone). Frequently heard on NPR's All Things Considered.
Darwin Awards. Aka, Stupid Human Tricks. "Darwin Awards celebrate Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by commemorating the remains of those who improved our gene pool by removing themselves from it." Death is never funny - but some of the people spotlighted here were just SO STUPID!
K'Pinky/Brain. From "Twisted HeadSwap Theater." A brilliant, hysterically funny multimedia graphic story about these two heroic Klingon warriors. Narf!
Peter's Evil Overlord List. "The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord." Or, as proprietor Peter Anspach writes, "Being an Evil Overlord seems to be a good career choice. It pays well, there are all sorts of perks and you can set your own hours. However every Evil Overlord I've read about in books or seen in movies invariably gets overthrown and destroyed in the end. I've noticed that no matter whether they are barbarian lords, deranged wizards, mad scientists or alien invaders, they always seem to make the same basic mistakes every single time."
Pythonline. The official Monty Python site.
Retrofuture Today. A site that celebrates all the cool stuff that was supposed to happen in the future...but didn't....
The Artemis Project. They're going to the Moon and they'd like you to come along with them.
BBC Science & Space page. A useful and interesting site of science, space & technology news from the BBC.
Hubble Space Telescope. All kinds of neat stuff from and about our Big Eye in Space. Pictures, tracking, etc.
The Mars Society. Dedicated to colonizing the Red Planet.
NASA. Official site of our official space
agency.
NASA
Human Spaceflight.
Information on the space shuttle, the space station, and every other
aspect of our manned space program.
The
National Space Society.
"The National Space Society's vision is people
living and working in thriving communities beyond Earth. NSS members
promote change in social, technical, economic, and political conditions
to advance the day when people will live and work in space."
The Planetary Society. "Your connection to the exploration of the solar system and the search for life in the universe."
ProSpace. "ProSpace is a nonprofit citizens advocacy group (501-c4) with the mission 'to open the space frontier for ALL people as rapidly as possible.' We believe that only by taking direct and personal responsibility, as citizens of this great country, will our personal visions come to life. We believe that one day soon - if we get involved now - we all will have the opportunity to live, work and play in space. The members of ProSpace are private citizens from all walks of life and from all across the United States, each with a deep and abiding interest in America's national space enterprise. Each March for the past six years we have come to Washington at our own expense to speak directly to the leaders of our nation. We do so because of strong beliefs about the direction of our country's efforts in space - in the past, present and future."
Science News Online. A weekly newsmagazine of science news and information for the intelligent layperson.
The Sci-Tech Daily Review. A daily compendium of articles, reviews, etc., about science and technology. Your one-stop source for sci-tech info.
The SETI Institute. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Are they out there? Let's find out!
Space.com. News, information, links, etc.
Spaceflight Now. Up-to-the-minute news about actual Space Shuttle missions, etc. Plus cool space-related merchandise.
Space Frontier Foundation. "Dedicated to opening the space frontier to human settlement as soon as possible."
SpaceRef.com. A search and reference sight for just about everything to do with space and space science.
Space Shop.com. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Space Shop.
Space Telescope Science Institute. Located at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, this is the place where they study the images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
