Links
This page contains a list of websites related to my work on FigCat. Some of them serve as sources for the lists I compile (though I use many more sources than these); others provide useful information and general inspiration.
Literature
- The Imaginary Museum
- The Modern Novel
- The Neglected Books Page
- We Love Translations
- Writers No One Reads
Lists
- Baquet’s Guide to the World’s Classics
- Great Books Lists
- Greater Books
- The Books of the Century
- The Greatest Books
Databases
Research
- Google Books
- Google Scholar
- Internet Archive
- Z-Library (the best full-text book search engine is the pirate one)
Communities
- Reddit: r/AskLiteraryStudies, r/books, r/booksuggestions, r/literature, r/suggestmeabook, r/TrueLit
- Literature Network Forums
- World Literature Forum
Speculative fiction
- A Guide to Fantasy Authors and Tales
- Accounts of Some Strange Disturbances
- The Best Sci Fi Books
- Weird Fiction Review
Databases and reference
- Classics of Science Fiction
- Fantastic Fiction
- Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (incorporating Encyclopedia of Fantasy)
- The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Communities
- Reddit: r/Fantasy r/horrorlit, r/printSF, r/WeirdLit
- Eldritch Dark Forums
- Science Fiction & Fantasy forum
- Science Fiction and Fantasy World
- The Nightmare Network
- Vault of Evil
Comic books and manga
Communities
- Reddit: r/altcomix, r/bandedessinee r/comicbooks/ r/graphicnovels, r/manga
- CBR Community
- Classic Comics Forum
- Comic Geek Speak
- Comic Vine Forums
- Forum BD Gest
- forum.stripovi.com
- KOMIKSpec
Databases
Roleplaying games
Communities
- Reddit: r/rpg, r/osr, and others
- Adventure Design and Reviews (tenfootpole)
- BRP Central
- Dragonsfoot Forums
- EN World
- Original D&D Discussion
- OSR Pit
- RPG PUB
- RPGnet Forums (also a valuable source for speculative fiction recommendations!)
- The Gauntlet Forums
- Yog-Sothoth
- TheRPGSite (ugh)
Databases
“General”
Communities
- Ask MetaFilter
- Hipinion
- ILX
- NeoGAF
- Quarter to Three Forums
- ResetEra
- The Something Awful Forums
- various 4chan archive sites
Lists
- Make Lists, Not War
- Sens Critique (I primarily use it to research bandes dessinées)