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UPDATED ON JULY 15, 2002

 

 

On this page we provide you with links to articles giving an overview of a particular country's national SF literature, and its fandom(s).
We feature sites in both English and local languages. Pictorial guidelines:

if the entire contents of the site is available in english;
if part of the content of the site is available in english.

 

European News:

Concatenation International Conventions. Updated listing of Worldwide SF conventions.

Concatenation Seasonal SF news. .

Fans Across the World Newsletter. List of European SF conventions.

World Science Fiction Convention. Occasionally European.

Belgium:

Bulgaria:

SF society Zemlemoria - Varna, Bulgaria.
SF and Prognostics Society - Sofia, Bulgaria.

Croatia:

SFera. National SF organization; national SF convention (English translation)
Istracon - second largest Croation SF Convention

Czech Republic:

Ikarie.net. Extensive archive of articles, reviews, etc.
Ceske SF & F Stranky
. National SF organization; national SF convention

Denmark:

Science Fiction Cirklen. First SF society in Denmark; news, links

Estonia:

Estonian Science Fiction Association. News on Estcon and other local activities.


Finland:

Blog on Finnish fandom. .

France:

Infini. French SF writers association.
Quarante-Deux. Awards, small press, essays, illustrators.
Pages francaises de Science-Fiction. Info about authors, magazines, publishers, series; news, french resource guide.

Germany:

Science Fiction Aus Deutschland. Book Reviews
Science Fiction Club Deutschland.
In english: SFCD. National SF club.
Aktuelle Neuigkeiten aus SF & Fandom (Florian Breitsameter). Extensive news-site.
Phantastik.de. News; media emphasis

Greece:

Alternative Factor. SF-magazine
SF Links. Media emphasis

Hungary:

scifi.hu - The Gate to the Universe. Editor Peter Michaleczky. Hungarian SF Clubs' joint site. The english language page will be updated regulary from September

sfblogs.net. Social network for sci-fi & fantasy fans

Ireland:

Albedo One Irish Pages. Author section; fiction, biographies. Fannish news, magazines, links.
Octocon and the Octocon Archive.
Photos, facts, conreports, etc.


Italy:

Fantascienza.com. Portal for a.o. the excellent newsletter "Corriere di fantascienza" "Delos" and the "Museo fotografico del fandom italiano".

Lithuania:

Dorado. A good section on Lithianian SF - historical overview and critical perspective - and a selection of interesting stories. Published by the women of the Science Fiction club Dorado in Vilnius, Lithuania.

the Netherlands:

NCSF (Netherlands Contact Centre for SF) Extensive site by the national SF society.

Poland:

Fandom Polski or Fandom Polski. Polish fandom news and links.

Fahrenheit. "First polish SF&F web periodic".

 

Portugal:

Portuguese Science Fiction Web Page. (in preparation). History of Portuguese SF, bibliography.

simetria fc & f. The website of the Portuguese Science Fiction and Fantasy Association. Events lists (English translation if of international interest), plus short stories by local authors in Portuguese, and by international authors in English.

Ficção Científica e Fantástico em Portugal is an on-line encyclopedia of portuguese SF.

Romania:

Russia:

MIR Fantastyka. Russia's n.1 SF Magazine

Slovakia:

Scifi.SK. News & reviews; emphasis on media SF.

Spain:

Asociación Española de Fantasía, Ciencia - Ficción y Terror. National SF society.
BEM.Spain's primary magazine about SF; exhaustive website.
El Archivo de Nessus. Book reviews; interviews, articles; covering both Spanish and international SF.
Stardust. News, reviews, bestseller lists, links to Spanish magazines.

Sweden:

SF Fandom i Norden. news-site; extensive links
Skandinavisk Förening för Science Fiction. National SF society. Agenda, e-magazine.

Ukraine:

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United Kingdom:

Concatenation. The on-line review of science fact and science fiction. Regularly updated with fiction and non-fiction reviews, conventioin reviews, news etc. With attention for international events.

Infinity Plus. The best website for electronically available science fiction stories.
Foundation.
The "international review magazine of science fiction".
The British Science Fiction Association.

Ansible. British events list, and probably the world's best-written SF newsletter!
The UK Science Fiction Archive.
Collecting Then, a history-in-progress of British science fiction fandom


We provide selected links. Selection is done by the site webmaster, and does not reflect ESFS policy.
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