Resources for readers and writers

Reference

• Argus Clearinghouse Internet research library
• iLoveLanguages - comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources
• The ARTFL Project includes a search form for Webster's 1913 and 1828 editions and for Roget's Thesaurus (1911)
• Wordnik "is a place for all the words [in English], and everything known about them."
• Encyclopedia Mythica
• Myths and Legends link collection

Online Books

• Project Gutenberg "where you can download over 30,000 free ebooks" digitized by volunteers
• Online Books Page and its collection of Banned Books Online

Bookstores

• American Booksellers Association
• A Different Light GLBT bookstores in SF and elsewhere
• Kepler's, an independent bookstore in Menlo Park, California
• Loompanics Unlimited "controversial, unusual" books

SF&F Readers and Writers Resources

• Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Utopia
• SFF Net publishers, resources, and author pages
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
• Ansible, British SF gossip/newsletter
• Critters online workshop for SF writers
• CybRpunk featuring tips on writing, discussions of settings and technology
• ASJA Contracts Watch keeps track of how publishers are handling electronic rights issues.

SF Market Info

• The Market List for SF writers
• Julia West's SF Markets page
• Dark Matter -- SF/F/H Paying Market Sightings
• Submitting to the Black Hole Market response times
• Paula Fleming's Market List is no longer being updated by contains links to other market lists.

Articles on Writing

• P.C. Wrede's Worldbuilder Questions
• Dan Perez: Writing Advice
• To Workshop or Not to Workshop?

Quotations

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations searchable interface
• Quotations Page by Michael Moncur
• A.Word.A.Day with word and quotation archives, anagrams by mail, and more