Adopted By Aliens

Adopted By Aliens is a website featuring episodic Flash cartoons created by award-winning filmmakers and identical twin sisters, Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs. It made its internet debut in June 2004 and has been growing in popularity since. With an array of quirky and fun-loving characters, the series follows in the footsteps of such notable animated series as Fairly OddParents and Scooby Doo by placing children in adventurous situations.

Baen Free Library

The Baen Free Library is a digital library of the science fiction and fantasy publishing house Baen Books where (as of December 2008) 112 full books can be downloaded free in a number of formats, without copy protection. It was founded in autumn 1999 by science fiction writer Eric Flint and publisher Jim Baen to determine whether the availability of books free of charge on the Internet encourages or discourages the sale of their paper books.

Elftown

Elftown is an Internet community or social networking site for people interested in fantasy and science fiction. It was started as the official Elfwood social networking site in February 2002 by Henrik Wallin. Later on the project became separated and more like sister sites, and the split became more tangible in 2007 when Elfwood's servers moved from Lysator, while Elftown's hardware remained there.

The community comprises mainly Elfwood users and other people interested in fantasy, science fiction, art or related subjects; creating an interesting, artistic and unique place in the Internet. Elftown has features such as diaries, a messaging system, a wiki, forums, guestbooks and polls about anything and everything. Being of a mainly artistic origin, the users of Elftown (commonly referred to as "Elftowners") share a widespread interest in a variety of arts and styles; including everything from traditional to modern, and much beyond this. With time, Elftown has become more than just a place to share art, and is now known to be host to whatever its users want to share - thoughts, opinions, interests and whatever else there is to chatter about.

FarPoint Media Network

FarPoint Media Network is a podcast production and advertising network based at the Draco Vista Studios in Phoenix, Arizona Founded by Michael R. Mennenga in early 2006, it is currently managed by CEO Mennenga, Summer Brooks, Jeffrey Willerth and Samuel K. Sloan (now retired). Most of the podcasts put out have some form of grounding in science fiction. One of the FarPoint Media shows (Slice of SciFi) is broadcast on Sirius/XM Radio. Additionally, FarPoint Media shows have been broadcast on terrestrial radio, such as KVON-FM in the Napa Valley, California, as well as several cell phone networks in the U.S. and across the globe. The Slice of SciFi show was recognized by the makers of Snakes on a Plane for helping promote the movie and were on a panel for that movie at ComicCon in 2006 with Samuel L Jackson.

Heroes Wiki

Heroes Wiki is a wiki-powered reference site for NBC's science fiction drama Heroes. Launched on October 10, 2006, the site uses MediaWiki software to maintain a user-created database of information. Heroes Wiki is supported by revenue from advertising, part of which is donated to various charities. As of June 15, 2009, the site contained over 4,500 articles created and edited by approximately 8,250 registered users, with over 114 million page views.

The Internet Review of Science Fiction

The Internet Review of Science Fiction (often given as IROSF) is an American Webzine devoted to science fiction criticism. It was largely the concept and creation of John Frost, who was also the first Editor-in-Chief. John Joseph Adams is credited as coming up with the idea of the Sub-Genre Spotlight section, as well as writing the first few of them. Adrian Bourne designed the rocket icon that the site has become known for, as well as the logo.

Locus Online

Locus Online (1997-) is the online component of Locus Magazine. It publishes news briefs related to the science fiction, fantasy and horror publishing world, along with original reviews and feature articles, and excerpts of articles that appeared in the print edition. Information for Locus Online is compiled and edited by Mark R. Kelly. In 2002, Locus Online won the first Hugo Award for Best Web Site. It was nominated again in 2005.

Lostpedia

Lostpedia is a wiki-powered online encyclopedia of information regarding the American television drama Lost. Launched on September 22, 2005 by Kevin Croy, the site uses MediaWiki software to maintain a user-created database of information. The site's content is under a Creative Commons license (by-nc-nd), which means that it is available free to the public, but cannot be used for commercial purposes and should not be modified by people who are not part of the community of the website. Lostpedia is supported by revenue from advertising; the site has not made information regarding financial details public. As of June 14, 2009, the site contained an estimated 5,687 articles On December 18, 2008 the site became a part of Wikia.

Memory Alpha

Memory Alpha (often abbreviated to MA) is a wiki that is an encyclopedic reference for topics related to the Star Trek fictional universe. Conceived by Harry Doddema and Dan Carlson in September 2003 and officially launched on December 5 of that year, it uses the wiki model and is hosted by Wikia, Inc. on the MediaWiki software. According to Jane Klobas, the site is a large and vibrant resource. Memory Alpha contains over 30,000 articles in its English edition alone as of June 2009[update], making it one of the largest wiki projects. The site is also available in several other languages, including Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Swedish. There is also a "Mirror Universe" Memory Alpha.

New Worlds Project

The New Worlds Project is a creative writing project launched in August 2003 to the public after several years of development. The Project centers on an original science fiction setting that enables the creative writing project and its supporting role-playing game. Co-founded by Alex Perry and Kim Leonard Smouter, the New Worlds Project has since grown from humble beginnings to become a fully registered non-profit corporation in the United States and the European Union.

Orion's Arm

Orion's Arm, (also called the Orion's Arm Universe Project, OAUP, or simply OA) is an online science fiction world-building project, founded by M. Alan Kazlev. Anyone can contribute articles, stories, artwork, or music to the website. A large mailing list exists, in which members debate aspects of the world they are creating, discussing additions, modifications, issues arising, and work to be done.

Parsec Awards

The Parsec Awards are a set of annual awards created to recognize excellence in science fiction podcasts. The awards were created by Mur Lafferty, Tracy Hickman and Michael R. Mennenga and awarded by FarPoint Media. They were first presented in 2006 at DragonCon.

Science Fiction Research Association

The Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA), founded in 1970, is the oldest, non-profit professional organization committed to encouraging, facilitating, and rewarding the study of science fiction and fantasy literature, film, and other media. The organization’s international membership includes academically affiliated scholars, librarians, and archivists, as well as authors, editors, publishers, and readers. In addition to its facilitating the exchange of ideas within a network of science fiction and fantasy experts, SFRA holds an annual conference for the critical discussion of science fiction and fantasy where it confers a number of awards, and it produces the quarterly publication, SFRA Review, which features reviews, review essays, articles, interviews, and professional announcements.

SciFan

SciFan is an online database for fans of science fiction and fantasy books.

The site provides detailed bibliographies, linking books together into series' where appropriate and, in turn, grouping series by universe. Books are also grouped together into themes such as "18th Century", "Alternate History" and "Mathematic Fantasy." A useful provision is access to lists of new and upcoming books, selectable by month of publication. There is also a search facility: entering a word or phrase searches within author names, book titles, series and universes.

With more than 65,000 books, 18,000 writers, and 8,000 series (as of 2008) and ongoing updates, it is one of the main databases in its field along with the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

SF Site

SF Site is a webzine edited by Rodger Turner. Established in 1996 by John O'Neill, it is based in Canada, but includes contributors from around the world. It publishes reviews of science fiction books, films, and television, and features interviews with authors and fiction excerpts. It is also the web hosting for notable science fiction and fantasy authors such as Guy Gavriel Kay and Charles de Lint and magazines such as Fantasy and Science Fiction. It hosts a science fiction discussion forum and RSS feed. In 2002, it won the Locus Award for best science fiction webzine.

Slice of SciFi

Slice of SciFi is a podcast and website and part of the FarPoint Media Network that looks into the world of science fiction, fantasy and horror. It was the winner of the "Top Rated Podcast Award" at the Podcast Awards in 2005 and an inductee into the Podcast Pickle Hall of Fame.

StarShipSofa

StarShipSofa is a Science Fiction podcast from the UK hosted by Tony C. Smith. Smith has, in a press release, called it "one of the top science fiction podcast sites" and claims it to be "the biggest SF book/author podcast coming out of the UK and one of the top in the US.". StarShipSofa was anonymously nominated for Best Fan Podcast in the 2007 Parsec Awards, The show was first put out in July 2006 and new episodes are issued weekly. In February 2007 a forum was made available to the listeners.

TheForce.Net

TheForce.Net is a Star Wars fan site. In 2002 it was described as the largest unofficial Star Wars fan site. It has material related the movies and associated games, publications, and other merchandise (the "Expanded Universe").

It originally began in 1996 as the "Star Wars Site At Texas A & M", founded by Scott Chitwood and Darin Smith. Its message board, the Jedi Council Forums, aims to provide detailed information on a wide variety of Star Wars-related topics. TheForce.Net is also the home to FanForce.Net, a Star Wars fan community that brings together Star Wars fans from different cities around the world. Additionally, it hosts the Star Wars Technical Commentaries and FanFilms.com.

TrekNation

TrekNation is a reference and community website for the Star Trek franchise. It also serves as a hub for its network websites: TrekToday, a news site updated nearly daily; TrekBBS, which describes itself as the largest Star Trek community on the Internet; and Jammer's Reviews, a Star Trek review site.

Uchronia: The Alternate History List

Uchronia: The Alternate History List is an online general-interest book database containing a bibliography of over 2900 alternate history novels, stories, essays and other printed material. It is owned and operated by Robert B. Schmunk. Uchronia was twice selected as the Sci Fi Channel's "Sci Fi Site of the Week."

Wraithsandworlds

Wraithsandworlds (also Wraiths & Worlds) is an ongoing science fiction/fantasy novel written exclusively online. The series is written by British-born author Darrin Wilson and is made available free of charge in unrestricted PDF and HTML formats. The story chronicles the adventures of 35 year-old African-American lawyer Grace Tiffen and her aunt Abigail Moon. The novel takes place in the Southern United States, England and Syria as well as the afterlife. The first episode was released online March 27, 2006.