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Walton & Hersham FC
, my Dad used to play for them!
Science fiction
47 North
- Amazon's SF imprint
Amazon's Science Fiction Forum
Brian Aldiss
J.G. Ballard
Iain M. Banks
Stephen Baxter
BestScienceFictionBooks.com
Best SF
- database for locating free short fiction
Michael Bishop
Terry Bisson
BestScienceFictionStories.com
Big Dumb Object
- excellent UK-based blog
The British Science Fiction Assocation
- I have been a member for over 30 years!
Chronicle
community UK
Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
published in the UK each year
Clarkesworld Magazine
- free fiction zine
Philip K. Dick
Eclipse Online
- quality free short fiction
Greg Egan
ElectricStory.com
- publishes ebooks from sf authors
Europa SF
- the European Science Fiction Portal
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- online edition of a classic text
FANAC FanHistory Archives
Fictionwise
- sells ebook novels and short stories from sf authors
Flurb
- free fiction zine edited by Rudy Rucker
Jeffrey Ford
Free Speculative Fiction online
Futurismic
- blog with fiction
Galaxy's Edge
- webzine with fiction / edited by Mike Resnick
William Gibson
- author blog
Ursula K. Le Guin
M. John Harrison
Infinite Matrix
- magazine
Infinity Plus
- was the best site for free stories and reviews, now in stasis,
...and now reborn as an ebook publisher
Interaction 2005 Worldcon
- I was there...
Internet Review of Science Fiction
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Interzone
- best British SF mag
io9
- portal
Gwyneth Jones
Jay Lake
LibraryThing
- hosts my
SF collection
and my
reviews
Locus Magazine
- the best print news/review magazine around
Ian R. MacLeod
Ken MacLeod
- author blog
Paul Mcauley
- author blog
Will McCarthy
- author blog
Ian Mcdonald
- author blog
Phillip Mann
- author blog
In May/June 2012 the
National Library of Scotland
ran an exhibition on
Scottish science fiction
, which included talks by writers
Ken MacLeod
,
Charlie Stross
and
Gary Gibson
, and the
exhibition's curator
. In the exhibition (Item 12) was a copy of
Spectrum SF 9
which I had
donated
.
Kim Newman
Frederick Pohl
Tim Powers
QuasarDragon
- blog listing new free fiction
RevolutionSF
- stylish magazine
Robert Reed
Alastair Reynolds
- author blog
Adam Roberts
- author blog
Karl Schroeder's blog
Sci Fi Wire
- zine
Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines
Science Fiction Citations
Science Fiction Crows Nest
- web/email magazine
Sci-Fi Channel UK
SciFiDimensions
- zine
Scifiction
- successor to Event Horizon, provided by the Sci-Fi Channel, now alas defunct
Sci-Fi Lists
Scribd
- site for sharing fiction
SF Hub
- the UK's major SF archive/academic centre
SF Signal
- excellent blog
The SF Site
- review portal
SF Crowsnest
SffMeta
- 'meta' rates books from their reviews
SFF Net
SFRevu
- news zine
Robert Silverberg
Dan Simmons
Brian Stableford
Strange Horizons
- weekly fiction zine
SF Fandom Archive
Bruce Sterling
- author blog
Charlie Stross
- author blog
Subterranean Magazine
- fiction mag
Tangent
-short fiction review mag
Tor
- major US/UK SF publisher offering non-DRM'd ebooks
Torque Control
- blog of the editorial staff of Vector, the critical journal of the BSFA
Transreal
- Edinburgh SF bookshop
UK SF Book News Network
Ultimate Guide to Modern Writers of Science Fiction and Fantasy
- a spreadsheet author listing
Ian Watson
Weightless Book
- epublisher of non-DRM'nd fiction magazines
Liz Williams
- author blog
Walter John Williams
Connie Willis
Robert Charles Wilson
- author blog
World SF Blog
John C. Wright
The Zone
Wargaming
I play 1960: the Making of a President on
gametableonline.com
I play A Few Acres of Snow on
yucata.de
Allan's Games
- Empire and Sopwith
a PBEM game of
A Mighty Fortress
I ran
a PBEM game of
After the Holocaust
I ran
About Board Games
Against the Odds
- magazine
I play PBEM games using the
Automated Card Tracking System
Black Lion Games
- Edinburgh games shop
Blue vs Gray Tracker
- PBEM utility
Boardgamegeek
- game database
Boardgameinfo
I played in the
2000 World E-Mail Britannia Championship
Consim-L
, the Conflict Simulation Games mailing list which I helped administrate
check out John Kranz's excellent
Consimworld
covering the hobby via a
forum
and a
social networking
app.
Greg Costikyan
- game designer blog
a PBEM game of
Crusades
I ran
I have an account on
Days of Wonder
I always attend
Dicecon
Jim Dunnigan
- game designer
a PBEM game of
Empires of the Middle Ages
I ran
The Gamer's Alliance
I am in the
Galaxy Hall of Fame
, a long dead PBEM game
I played in the 2004
BPA
Hammer of the Scots
PBEM tournament on the
Above the Fields
PBEM site.
I was a member of the
International Gamers Awards
Historical Simulations Committee
a PBEM game of
Machiavelli
(1st ed.) I ran
I played in the 2004
BPA
Napoleonic Wars
PBEM tournament.
opinionatedgamers.com
PocketTactics.com
I played in PBEM games of
Pax Britannica
and am in the
Internet Pax Britannica Ladder
a PBEM game of
Russian Civil War
I ran and
one I recently played in
Strategy and Tactics
- magazine
I played in the 2007
BPA
and the 2007
European Cup
Twilight Struggle PBEM tournaments. I am playing in the
Twilight Struggle Ladder
Vae Victis
- magazine
VASSAL online gaming site
I played in the 2006
BPA
We the People
PBEM tournament.
Web-Grognards
'the site for wargames on the web', which I ran from 1994 to 2013. It has been reviewed in:-
'
Return of the hex-crazed wargamers
, Salon Magazine
'
Battle lines drawn on and off the Net
' in the Connected Supplement of the
Daily Telegraph
'
Les Grognards
' in
Escapist Magazine
I played in the 2007
BPA
Wilderness War PBEM tournament and am playing in the
Wilderness War 2010
PBEM tournament.
Alan Poulter (
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), last updated 31/05/13
alan@poulter.demon.co.uk