The SLIS Reading Group

"It looks like we got ourselves a reader." - Bill Hicks

A Reader
Adventure

Chick Lit

Fantasy

Gentle

Graphic Novels

Historical

Horror

Literary

Mystery

Nonfiction

Romance

Science Fiction

Western

Science Fiction

Reviewed Authors

Asimov, Issac [2]
Atwood, Margaret [2]
Banks, Iain M.
Bear, Greg
BeauSeigneur, James [C]
Bester, Alfred [2]
Bethke, Bruce
Bradbury, Ray
Brin, David
Bryher
Buckner, M.M.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Butler, Octavia [2]
Card, Orson Scott
Clarke, Arthur C. [3]
Dick, Philip K. [4]
Doctorow, Cory
Eschbach, Andreas
Finney, Jack
Foster, Alan Dean

 

Gibson, William
Gould, Stephen
Griffith, Nicola
Haldeman, Joe [3]
Heinlein, Robert A. [2]
Herbert, Frank
Hoffman, Nina Kikiri
Hopkinson, Nalo
Jackson, Shelley
Jenkins, Jerry [C2]
Jones, Gwenyth
Kiernan, Caitlin R.
LaHaye, Tim & Jerry Jenkins [C2]
Le Guin, Ursula K. [3]
Lem, Stanislaw
Lewis, C.S. [C]
McCarthy, Cormac
McDevitt, Jack [2]
Miller, Walter M., Jr.
Moon, Elizabeth [2]

 

Morgan, Richard K.
Moser, Nancy
Myers, Bill [C]
Olson, John & Randall Ingermanson [C]
Pohl, Frederik
Sawyer, Robert
Schroeder, Karl
Simmons, Dan
Stephenson, Neal
Sterling, Bruce
Stirling, S.M.
Stross, Charles [2]
Turner, George
Vinge, Vernor
Wells, H.G. [2]
Willis, Connie [3]
Wilson, Robert Charles [2]
Womack, Jack


Online Resources

Fantastic Fiction -extensive bibliographies
AllSciFi.com - loads of reviews wherein each review includes links to readalike suggestions
Feminist SF, Fantasy, & Utopia - info on SF/F with a feminist perspective
Hugo Award - winners (1953-present) listed by year and category as well as nominees 1980-present
John W. Campbell Memorial Award - winners, runner-ups, and nominees from 1973 to the present
Locus Magazine - the SF trade publication (reviews, industry news, interviews, and much more)
Nebula Award - winners and nominees from 1965 to the present
Philip K. Dick Award - winners and nominees from 1982 to the present
SF/F Listservs - from the general to the specific
SFFWorld.com - reviews and interviews (info on movies and graphic novels, too)
SFSite.com - reviews and links to author websites


Print Resources

Barron, Neil. (2004). Anatomy of Wonder. Greenwood, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Buker, Derek M. (2002). Science Fiction and Fantasy Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Cyborgs, Aliens and Sorcerers. Chicago: American Library Association.

Gunn, James (Ed.). (2002). The Road to Science Fiction: From Heinlein to Here. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc.

Gunn, James (Ed.). (2002). The Road to Science Fiction: From Wells to Heinlein. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc.

Herald, Diane Tixier. (2005). Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction. Greenwood, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Herald, Diane Tixier. (2002). Strictly Science Fiction. Greenwood, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Saricks, Joyce. (2001). Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction. Chicago: ALA Editions.

 


Contact Phil at pneskew [at] indiana.edu