Cool Links

This is a page that I first put up back in 1996, when I was excited about the ability of the web to hyperlink. Unfortunately, what I didn't realize back then was how much a page of links needs the attention of a careful gardener to prune away the dead links as websites change. Since I don't really have time to keep updating this list (I think that's why people invented blogs-- to keep from having to keep up with dead links), many of the links on the page are historical. Sorry about the dead ones, and I hope that at least some of them work for you!

Every home page has to have a list of cool links. Want to read science fiction stories on line? Check out Fictionwise.

Religious? Check out In Praise of the Devil.

Cat lover? Look at some cat poems, and then learn cat terminology from Obliquity.com's "cats" page.

Interested in science fiction that's scientifically accurate? Check out the Resource Guide for Teaching Astronomy through Science Fiction, an annotated index to science fiction stories and novels that use good astronomy, available on the education web pages of the nonprofit Astronomical Society of the Pacific, with categories from anti-matter to Venus, plus exploding stars, the future exploration of Mars, falling into a black hole, the search for intelligent life in the universe (and what forms it might take), and what it would be like to live among the rings and moons of the outer solar system. Or, if accuracy in science fiction isn't what you like, look up some science fiction featuring Bad astronomyor with Bad physics.

My favorite web site is, of course, XKCD, although Dr. Fun often is, and I will even admit to often liking Foxtrot. Or find more funnies links.

• Cajun Sushi Hamsters from Hell (the Cleveland SF Writers' workshop)

You can find a list of cool science-related sites at Winchell Chung's "Project Rho" page, and on Erik Max Francis' site.

• Chuck Rothman remembers Einstein and his grandfather
• Attend a Nobel Prize ceremony with David Merman.
• If you want to see neat pictures of the universe, look at the best pictures from the Hubble, or check the Views of the Solar system
• Learn about spaceflight by reading Atomic Rockets of the Space Patrol
• But if you build one, better learn first!
  • and if you build robots, learn Geoffrey's laws
• Or if you want to be involved in space activism, take a look at the National Space Society
• If you want to feast your eyes on real space instead of cyberspace, find out what satellites you can see tonight.
• If you are interested in SF writing, I have a page of writing-related links.
• Let me recommend the SciFi Arizona homepage, a page with a link to essays about the science in science fiction.

More interesting stuff:

• Jupiter Scientific's Science Jokes
• Engineering jokes
• Annals of Improbable Research

Some publishers that feature single-author short story collections:

• Golden Gryphon Press
• Wildside Press

Write your own web pages? Then don't do this:

• Bad Examples
• Web pages that suck

  Kill spam now.

And, everybody on the web should be concerned with internet privacy. Read Lenny Foner's essay about civil liberties in cyberspace (with copious links) to understand the issues.

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