Speculative Fiction

Part of the Library of Congress' digital collections, these are digitized historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963. You can do a full-text search and/or browse by state.

The Eaton Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasy is one of the world's largest, richest, and deepest collections of science fiction, fantasy, horror, utopian literature and related genres. The collection originated with the personal library of Dr. J. Lloyd Eaton which was acquired by the UCR Library in 1969.

Here you can find a plethora of digitized print materials, photographs, audio-visual materials and so on. You can do a keyword search, narrow down by subjects and formats, or look for a collection specific to your research interest. Includes collections such as "Finding Our Place in the Cosmos: From Galileo to Sagan and Beyond."
NOTE: Once you are viewing a collection, select the "Collection Items" tab to view the actual images.

For items that are available for viewing, select "Available Online" at the top of the results list. Includes information about the space program.

If you're still deciding on your research subject, you can browse this topic search instead of searching the catalog.

SFFRC houses the papers and manuscripts of significant genre authors and is the depository for the books and papers of George R.R. Martin. Among the monographs held in the collection are classic, foundational works, as well as recent titles. The periodical collection contains over ninety percent of the American science fiction pulp magazines published prior to 1980.

New Mexico's oldest and best science fiction and fantasy convention, held in Albuquerque every August.

The mission of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA) is to promote an innovative and nontraditional academic movement in the humanities and social sciences celebrating America’s cultural heritages, and to increase awareness and improve public perceptions of America’s cultural traditions and diverse populations.

Of particular interest are the over 400 images in the Space & SciFi album.

The Digital Comic Museum offers free access to hundreds of pre-1959 comic books, uploaded by users who often offer historical research and commentary alongside high-quality scans.

The ISFDB is a community 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, and forthcoming books.

New Mexico Archives Online is your source of information about archival collections in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. Specialized guides, called finding aids, give detailed descriptions of primary source materials located at twenty-seven different repositories. Search the finding aids to discover what historical materials are available for study and where those collections are located.

Aqueduct Press dedicates itself to publishing challenging, feminist science fiction.

Tor.com is a site for science fiction, fantasy, and all the things that interest SF and fantasy readers. It publishes original fiction, art, and commentary on science fiction and related subjects by a wide range of writers from all corners of the field; both professionals working in the genres and fans. Its aim is to provoke, encourage, and enable interesting and rewarding conversations with and between its readers.

This is a list of science fiction publishers, publishers of science fiction, SF studies, speculative fiction, fantasy literature, and related genres. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

Locus publishes news of the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and young-adult publishing field, with extensive reviews and listings of new books, short fiction, and magazines.

The Science Fiction Awards+ Database compiles data from over 100 science fiction, fantasy, and horror awards, from 1951 to date, some no longer active, but all significant in their fields in their time. Each award's results are listed by year, with cumulative results listed chronologically, by nominee, and by category.