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From the day we re-launched with a bi-weekly format in June 1997, the SF Site has run the
SF Insite column -- an editorial that gave our senior contributors a
chance to share their thoughts on topics of real or perceived importance to the genre.
We've run articles on redeeming SF Cinema, promoting your book on the Web, NESFA Press,
the return of Perry Rhodan, SF's
numerous sub-genres, and many more. The contributors have included SF Site founder John O'Neill,
Senior Editor Tom Myer, and such notables
as Dave Truesdale, publisher of Tangent, Amy Goldschlager of Avon/Eos, Wayne MacLaurin,
Neil Walsh, Rich Horton, and others.
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Neil Walsh is the Reviews Editor for the SF Site. He lives in contentment,
surrounded by books, in Ottawa, Canada.
 Mid-Feb. 2007: Best Read of the Year: 2006: a summary
by the staff of SF Site in 2006.
- Mar. 2006: SF Site: Reader's Choice Awards:
SF Site's look at what readers thought were the best of the year.
- Mid-Feb. 2006: Best Read of the Year: 2005: a summary
by the staff of SF Site in 2005.
- Mar. 2005: SF Site: Reader's Choice Awards:
SF Site's look at what readers thought were the best of the year.
- Mid-Feb. 2005: Best Read of the Year: 2004: a summary
by the staff of SF Site in 2004.
- Mar. 2004: SF Site: Reader's Choice Awards:
SF Site's look at what readers thought were the best of the year.
- Mid-Feb. 2004: Best Read of the Year: 2003: a summary
by the staff of SF Site in 2003.
- Mar. 2003: SF Site: Reader's Choice Awards:
SF Site's look at what readers thought were the best of the year.
- Mid-Feb. 2003: Best Read of the Year: 2002: a summary
by the staff of SF Site in 2002.
- Mar. 2002: SF Site: Reader's Choice Awards:
SF Site's look at what readers thought were the best of the year.
- Mid-Feb. 2002: Best Read of the Year: 2001: a summary
by the staff of SF Site in 2001.
- Mar. 2001: SF Site: Reader's Choice Awards:
SF Site's look at what readers thought were the best of the year.
- Mid-Feb. 2001: Best Read of the Year: 2000: a summary
by the staff of SF Site in 2000.
- Mid-May 2000: The third part of a survey of some recent small press & self-published titles.
- Mid-April 2000: The next part of a survey of some recent small press & self-published titles.
- Mid-March 2000: A survey of some recent small press & self-published titles.
- Feb. 2000: SF Site: Reader's Choice Awards:
SF Site's look at what readers thought were the best of the year.
- Mid-Dec. 99: Readers' Choice Best Read Of 1999: a summary
by the SF Site in 1999 and an invitation to vote for your Top Ten. (with John O'Neill)
- Mid-June 98 - Bringing
Back Bradbury: a Rant Against Irritating Publishing Practices. In which Neil
takes on Avon Books and the publishing industry at large.
- February 98 - Call of Cthulhu,
Part III: A role-playing game set in the demon-haunted worlds of H.P. Lovecraft? Yikes!
Wayne MacLaurin and Neil Walsh risk their health and sanity with a peek at the
forbidden tomes of gaming lore from Chaosium.
- mid-Nov. 97 - Call of Cthulhu,
Part II: The Gaming Supplements. Written with Wayne MacLaurin
- Nov. 97 - Call of Cthulhu,
Part I: A Look at Chaosium's Horrifying Journey into the Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft.
Written with Wayne MacLaurin
Trent Walters' work has appeared in Speculon,
Spires, and
The Pittsburgh Quarterly, among others.
He has interviewed for SFsite.com, Speculon and the
Nebraska Center for Writers. More of his reviews
can be found here. When he's not studying medicine he can be seen
coaching the Minnesota Vikings as an assistant coach, or
writing masterpieces of journalistic advertising,
or making guest appearances in a novel by E. Lynn Harris.
All other rumored Web appearances are lies.
- Mid-January 2002 - J.R.R. Tolkien was and is dangerous because he didn't write mainstream fiction. He wrote scathing
reviews of humanity couched within a quaint, "sanitized... fairy tale."
Rich Horton came to the SF Site through his affiliation with Tangent.
He describes himself as an eclectic reader in and out of the SF and fantasy genres. He's been
reading SF since before the Golden Age (that is, since before he was 13). Born in
Naperville, IL, he lives and works (as a Software Engineer for the proverbial Major
Aerospace Company) in the St. Louis area.
- April 2001 - a view of which titles should be considered for the 1950 Retro Hugo Candidates.
- August 2000 - a condensed view of Embiid Publishing, an electronic
publisher dedicated to reprinting midlist SF & Romance titles.
- Mid-Apr. 99 - The Original
Anthology Series in SF: a comprehensive look at this form of anthology.
- Nov. 98 - In Praise of
NESFA Press: a look at one of the best of the Small Press.
A Senior Reviewer with the SF Site, Wayne MacLaurin has been publishing
reviews of genre material on the Web since well before the SF Site existed.
A staunch fan of the thick fantasy novel, Wayne day-lights with an Ottawa
high-tech firm when he isn't jury-rigging shelf supports for his bookcases
or fending off book-eating dogs.
- Mid-March 2002 - The 2001 MacLaurin Fat Fantasy Awards:
a new look at this year's true heavyweights.
- Mid-March 2001 - The 2000 MacLaurin Fat Fantasy Awards:
a new look at this year's true heavyweights.
- March 2000 - The 1999 MacLaurin Fat Fantasy Awards:
this year's look at the true heavyweights.
- Mid-February 99 - The 1998 MacLaurin Fat Fantasy Awards:
a look at the year's true heavyweights.
- Mid-March 98 - Inventiveness
in Publishing: a look at TSR's Double Diamond Triangle Saga.
- February 98 - Call of Cthulhu,
Part III: A role-playing game set in the demon-haunted worlds of H.P. Lovecraft? Yikes!
Wayne MacLaurin and Neil Walsh risk their health and sanity with a peek at the
forbidden tomes of gaming lore from Chaosium.
- Dec. 97 - A Look at the gaming card patent
of Wizards of the Coast.
- mid-Nov. 97 - Call of Cthulhu,
Part II: The Gaming Supplements. Written with Neil Walsh
- Nov. 97 - Call of Cthulhu,
Part I: A Look at Chaosium's Horrifying Journey into the Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft.
Written with Neil Walsh
Steven H Silver is a Contributing Editor to the SF Site, and one of our most prolific
contributors. At his own website he has posted over 300 lengthy reviews
of genre books. He is one of the founders and judges for the Sidewise Award for
Alternate History, is the Programming Chairman for Chicon 2000, and maintains the
official Harry Turtledove website.
- Aug. 99 - The First Men on the Moon:
Steven shares his thoughts on the Apollo mission.
- Apr. 99 - The Joy & Wonder of Space Stations:
Steven marvels at the technology.
- Mid-Mar. 99 - Media Tie-Ins and Mainstream SF:
Steven considers the effects.
- Mid-Oct. 98 - 100 Greatest
Works of Science Fiction: Steven has a critical look at the selections made
in the October 16 issue of Entertainment Weekly.
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John O'Neill is the founder of the SF Site. He studied
English Literature at the University of Ottawa and received a Ph.D. in Engineering
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, neither of which was successful
in setting him on an interesting career path. He's worked for a number of Internet
start-up firms, enough to be deeply confused at almost every level concerning the Internet.
He is a Canadian living in St. Charles, Illinois, with his wife and two children.
- Mid-Jan. 2000: The Best SF and
Fantasy Books of 1999: the SF Site's annual look at the best of the year.
- May 1, 99: SF, the Internet, and Doom in Colorado:
"who's going to take the bullet this time?"
- Apr. 1, 99: Intelligence on Mars:
is this the first true evidence?
- Mar. 99: The Triumph and Tragedy of SF Collecting:
offers some insight into the fever that overcomes you.
- Feb. 99: SF Site: Reader's Choice Awards:
the SF Site's first look at what readers thought were the best of the year.
- Mid-Jan. 99: The Best SF and
Fantasy Books of 1998: the SF Site's annual look at the best of the year.
- Jan. 99: John looks back fondly at the
early days of the SF Site with Eighteen Months of Insite.
- Mid-Dec. 98: The Books of 1998: a summary of every title received
by the SF Site in 1998 and an invitation to vote for your Top Ten.
- Dec. 98: A Welcome to
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: one of the
oldest and most respected magazines in the history of Science Fiction is proudly welcomed to the list of
SF Site's hosted magazines.
- Mid-Nov. 98: The SF Site Reader's Guide
To Science Fiction, Part II: The Reader's Guide to SF Series: Space Pirates!
- Oct. 98: The SF Site Reader's Guide
to Fantasy, Part I: the Redwall Novels of Brian Jacques.
- Mid-Sept. 98: The SF Site Reader's Guide
To Science Fiction, Part I: The Reader's Guide to SF Series.
- Mid-August 98: Books in Your Future: August
to November, 1998.
- August 98: The Return of Perry Rhodan: the
triumphant North American return of one of the great Space Operas.
- July 98: A Salute to Asimov's SF & Analog, Part
II: A Brief History of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
- mid-May 98: A Salute to Asimov's SF & Analog, Part
I: Love, Money, and the Future of SF Magazines.
- May 98: Books in Your Future: the lure
of the uncorrected proof.
- Mid-Jan. 98: The Best SF and Fantasy Books of 1997.
- mid-Oct. 97: SF & Its Influences: Science Fiction
Gaming.
- Oct. 97: The Battletech
Universe, Part II: the gaming supplements.
- Mid-Sept. 97: The Battletech
Universe, Part I: Giant battling robots? Is this science fiction or toy
merchandising? An in-depth look at FASA's rich universe that has
spawned over thirty novels and computer games.
- Sept. 97: Avon/Eos: The Transformation of an
Imprint.
- Sept. 97: A Sunburst of Fantasy:
A Look at FSG's Children's Paperback Imprint. Is some of the best fantasy published this
season tucked away in the Children's section of your local bookstore?
- Mid-August 97: Promoting Your Book, Web Style.
- August 97: Fiction on the Web.
- Mid-July 97: The Future of Online Publications.
- July 97: Genres & Sub-Genres: why
are SF & Fantasy titles classified and sub-classified so rigorously?
- June 97: Welcome to the SF Site.
Thomas Myer is a technical writer with Cisco Systems, Inc. He is a Contributing Editor
with the SF Site and has been writing reviews and articles here since early 1997.
He claims he divides his time between reading, writing, and doing research.
- June 99 - Contributing Editor Thomas Myer
tells us all What Y2K Really Means.
- Mid-May 99 - Contributing Editor Thomas Myer
shares his experience With the Fans in Line for Phantom Menace Tickets.
- Mid-Feb 99 - Contributing Editor Thomas Myer tells us
why he's a Geek for Life.
- March 98 - The
Advertising-Technology Complex: the continuing evolution of information
technology.
- Mid-Feb. 98 - Improving
Your Life, the Science and Technology Way: some time-tested tips.
- Mid-Jan. 98 - What
Cloning Means to the Average Joe: for men only (Ladies, don't read this!)
- Mid-Dec. 97 - The
Language of Science Fiction: a celebration of some of the best writing in 1997.
- Mid-Nov. 97 - Redeeming
SF Cinema: why are Science Fiction movies so... one-dimensional compared to SF novels? Tom
Myer investigates.
- Oct. 97 - Covering
Heinlein: "Wow, that cover changes everything."
David Truesdale is one of the movers and shakers of the field. As editor and publisher
of the Hugo-nominated magazine Tangent, the only SF & Fantasy short fiction review
publication in existence, he has virtually revolutionized critical coverage of genre
short fiction. He is a Contributing Editor to the SF Site.
- Jan. 99: Editor's Choice:
1998 Short Fiction Reviews: For most of last year, Dave did a short fiction review column
for the SF Site. Here you'll find short summaries and links to all those columns.
- August 98: The Golden Age
of Best SF Collections: A Chronicle.
- Mid-July 98: A Report on
The 1998 Theodore Sturgeon and John W. Campbell Awards.
Amy Goldschlager is an Editorial Assistant with Avon/EOS, one of the most respected imprints
in SF and Fantasy. This article was suggested to us by Andy Heidel, and is reprinted with permission.
- Feb. 98 - Science
Fiction & Fantasy: A Genre With Many Faces: A look at the many sub-genres of
SF and Fantasy, from Cyberpunk to Space Opera.
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Neil Walsh
