A "beta edition" of the Science Fiction Encyclopedia's third edition (which is online-only) is up and available to the public. I served as a volunteer advisor to the project, and can't wait to see how it progresses as the millions of words' worth of canonical research finds its way online. (via Scalzi)
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10:34 am Mon
Oct 10, 2011
Science Fiction Encyclopedia beta online
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