Research Materials – Speculative Literature Foundation

Course Materials for the Study of Science Fiction: Created by Paul Brians.

Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Utopia

Internet Speculative Fiction Database: The ISFDB is an effort to catalog works of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. It links together various types of bibliographic data: author bibliographies, publication bibliographies, award listings, magazine content listings, anthology and collection content listings, yearly fiction indexes, and forthcoming books.

The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998): Provides bibliographic information for short stories published in science fiction anthology or single author collections from 1984 on.

Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Index: 1890-2001: A Checklist of Magazine Titles and Issues Indexed: Searchable online excerpt from CD-Rom published by Locus Mag.

SF Hub: A subject portal for SF scholars created by The University of Liverpool Library.

Snow White: Informative resource for those interested in teaching the fairy tale and / or one of its various interpretations.

The SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages: “A portal to the realm of fairy tale and folklore studies featuring 27 annotated fairy tales, including their histories, similar tales across cultures, and over 1,000 illustrations.” SurLaLune also runs an active discussion board.

The Speculative Literature Foundation is partially funded by the Oak Park Area Arts Council, in partnership with the Village of Oak Park and the Illinois Arts Council; the Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation; and The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.