Websites and YouTube channels covering classic science fiction which I enjoy, find useful, and recommend. I definitely don't agree with everything these writers say! If you have any recommendations - particularly of blogs - I'd be interested to hear about them. If you would like to include this site in your own blogroll, I'd be very grateful and would like to hear about that, too.
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Blogs
Black Gate [RSS]
Formerly a print magazine from 2000 to 2011, now online only. Highly active blog with numerous contributors and various recurring series. Paperback Picnic Irregular blog about "weird old books" (typically genre fiction) by writer Will Greatwich. The Por Por Books Blog Very active blog focusing mainly on SF and fantasy books from 1968 to 1988. Expect some adult content, too. Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations Written pseudonymously by "Joachim Boaz" (named for a character in Barrington J. Bayley's The Pillars of Eternity). Well-researched blog focusing on SF from the period 1945 to 1985. Enjoys busy comment sections. Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy [RSS] "Books, films, TV, videogames, comics, music, all that bread and circuses stuff", from Arthur B. Mewsings [RSS] Generalist blog by Murray Ewing, with significant coverage of SF including authors like John Wyndham and J.G. Ballard. A Very Public Sociologist Generalist blog by Phil Burton-Cartledge, with numerous SF reviews. Forgotten Female Fantasy Defunct since 2022, but a deep reserve of reviews of fantasy and SF written by women. |
Resources
The Science Fiction Encyclopedia (SFE).
Arguably the single most important SF resource online. First published in print in 1979, online in its fourth edition since 2021. Edited by John Clute and David Langford. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Extremely useful bibliographic database covering SF, fantasy, and horror which strongly complements the SFE. Online since 1995. YouTube channels
Bookpilled
Nominally a general books channel, but now dominated by passionate classic SF coverage. Sci Fi Scavenger Jon is an avid SF book collector in the UK, with interests in both classic and contemporary books. Many haul and list videos. Vintage SF Richard is based in Canada and covers classic SF extensively, often focusing on specific series, e.g. Ace SF Specials. Outlaw Bookseller Stephen E. Andrews is an experienced and knowledgable bookseller, who leans towards literary and New Wave SF. The Library Ladder Bridger has an extremely enviable library and covers classic SF alongside fantasy, horror, and historical fiction. Speculative Reader Based in South Korea, Kris primarily covers SF, including authors like Barry Malzburg, D. G. Compton, and William Gibson. |