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What's New Archives: 2007 |
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| 5/1/07 |
The Beyond site goes live. This site contains almost all of the material in my SciFi Guide site though I have reorganized and expanded it.
Of note:
- I have expanded the definitions of science fiction and fantasy.
- I have rearranged the chronology of the development of science fiction literature and moved most of the author information into entries for individual authors
- I have added a section on the chronology of the development of fantasy literature.
- I have added sections on science fiction subgenres, fantasy subgenres, and fantasy topics.
- I have completely revised the film chronology section to include more information about trends in science fiction and fantasy films and also to discuss the use of special effects and the importance of marketing film.
- I have moved most information about specific films to the Viewing Guides section.
- I have added a section on science fiction and fantasy television.
- I have expanded the viewing guides to science fiction and fantasy film and television.
- I have added the ability to:
- browse by science fiction subgenre (fiction)
- browse by fantasy subgenre (ficiton)
- browse by science fiction topic (fiction)
- browse by fantasy topic (fiction)
- browse by title (film and television)
- browse by science fiction topic (film and television)
- browse by fantasy topic (film and television)
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| June 2007 |
I have expanded the Resources section of the site by adding the following pages and sections:
- Critical Bibliography: a series of pages listing published secondary sources of information on science fiction and fantasy
- Links: a series of pages with links to websites of interest to fans of science fiction and fantasy
- Professional Associations: a brief list of organizations devoted to the promotion and study of science fiction and fantasy.
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I added the following lists of fiction awards to the Awards section of the Resources section of the site:
- John W. Campbell Memorial Award
- British Science Fiction Association Awards
- Locus Awards
- World Fantasy Awards
- Philip K. Dick Award
- Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
- Bram Stoker Awards
- James Tiptree, Jr. Award
- Andre Norton Award
I added the page Browse by Anthology: The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy to the Fiction Guides section of the site.
I added the following pages to the Fantasy Subgenres section of Subject Matter:
- Contemporary Fantasy
- Dark Fantasy
- Heroic Fantasy
- High Fantasy
I added the following pages to the Fantasy Topics section of Subject Matter:
- Dragons
- Immersive Worlds
- Portal Worlds
- Magic
I added a Reading Guide to Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Robot Novels to the Fiction Guides section of the site. |
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| August 2007 |
I added brief entries for 15 novels and one short story by Robert A. Heinlein to the Fiction Guides section of the site.
I added entries for the following films to the Media section of the site:
- Fantastic Four films
- Flash Gordon
- Invasion
- Painkiller Jane
- Stardust
- Sunshine
- Transformers
I added brief entries for stories by the following authors to the Fiction Guides section of the site:
- Isaac Asimov
- James Blish
- Algis Budrys
- Frederik Pohl
- James Schmitz
- T.L Sherred
- Wilmar Shiras
- Clifford Simak
- Jack Vance
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| September 2007 |
I added or expanded entries for works by the following authors to the Fiction Guides section of the site:
- J. K. Rowling
- H. G. Wells
I added the following titles to the Browse by Anthology pages of the Fiction Guides section:
- The Best of the Best
- The Road to Science Fiction series
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| October 2007 |
I added an entry for the following title to the Media section of the site:
I added entries for works by the following authors to the Fiction Guides section of the site:
- Brian Aldiss
- Susan Cooper
- Gordon R. Dickson
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Fritz Leiber
- Richard McKenna
- Michael Moorcock
- Jack Vance
- Kate Wilhelm
- Roger Zelazny
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| November 2007 |
I added or expanded entries for works by the following authors to the site:
- Poul Anderson
- Samuel R. Delany
- Harlan Ellison
- Fritz Leiber
- Katherine MacLean
- Anne McCafferty
- Michael Moorcock
- Robert Silverberg
- Theodore Sturgeon
- Richard Wilson
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| December 2007 |
| I added a General Guide to the His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman |
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