Welcome to our Imaginative Literature guide! This guide contains tools that cover this genre, specifically in the sub-genres of Science Fiction, Detective, Dystopian and Gothic fiction, and on specific authors and stories including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, and Star Wars. Please note that these lists are by no means exhaustive. If you know of another good resource – or would like to see a page on another topic not currently included in this guide – let us know! Likewise, please notify us if any of the links you come across on these pages have changed or become dead links. Thank you!
Detective Fiction
General Sites
- Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine Fiction Podcasts
- Classic Crime Fiction
- Crime Culture
- International Thriller Writers
- The Big Thrill∗ (Back issues available)
- Mystery & Detective Fiction Area of the Popular Culture Association
- Mystery Place
- Mystery Readers International
- Mystery Writers of America
- Thrilling Detective
On Agatha Christie
- Agatha Christie Limited
- Agatha Christie Wikia
- Hercule Poirot Central
- International Agatha Christie Festival
On Dorothy L. Sayers
On Wilkie Collins
Selected Journals & Databases
- Clues: a Journal of Detection
- Mystery Readers Journal
- Mystery Scene Magazine
- Strand Mystery Magazine
- Project Gutenburg: Detective Fiction Bookshelf∗
- See also: Crime Fiction and Mystery Fiction
Expert & Academic Sites
- Best Sellers: Detective Fiction Open Course @ MIT
- Dime Novels & Penny Dreadfuls @ Stanford
- Film Noir Foundation
- First Hundred Years of Detective Fiction @ Indiana University
- Mystery Writers of America Database @ Indiana University
Fan Sites
Arthur Conan Doyle
General Sites
- Arthur Conan Doyle Society
- Baker Street Irregulars
- Best of Sherlock
- Bootmakers of Toronto
- Camden House
- Chronicles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
- John H. Watson Society
- Sherlock Holmes Society of London
- District Messenger∗ (Newsletter)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Literary Estate
- I Hear of Sherlock
- The Sherlockian
- Sherlockian Who’s Who
- Sherlocktron
Selected Journals & Databases
- The Baker Street Journal
- Canadian Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes Journal∗ (Reviews available)
- Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine
Expert & Academic Sites
- List of Libraries with Sherlock Holmes/Conan Doyle Special Collections
- Arthur Conan Doyle Collection @ Toronto Public Library
- Baker Street Irregulars Archive @ Harvard
- Conan Doyle Collection, Portsmouth
- Discovering Arthur Conan Doyle @ Stanford
- International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes Collection @ Uni of Minnesota
- Sherlockian Resource List
Fan Sites
Movie/TV Sites
Gothic Fiction
General Sites
- Discovering Literature: Romantics and Victorian Themes – The Gothic @ The British Library
- International Gothic Association
- Novela Gotica
- Timeline of Gothic Fiction
Gothic Authors
- Ann Radcliffe
- Anne Rice
- Bram Stoker
- Charlotte Brontë
- Daphne du Maurier
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Neil Gaiman
- Roger Zelazny
Selected Journals & Databases
- Aeternum: the Journal of Contemporary Gothic Studies∗
- The Dark Arts Journal: New and Emerging Voices in Gothic Studies∗
- Gothic Studies
- The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies∗
- Studies in Gothic Fiction∗
- Project Gutenberg: Gothic Fiction Bookshelf∗
Expert & Academic Sites
- The Gothic Experience
- Romancing the Gothic
- Romantic Circles
- Sadleir-Black Collection of Gothic Fiction @ UVA
- The Sickly Taper
- Sublime Anxiety @ UVA
Fan Sites
Movie/TV Sites
Edgar Allan Poe
General Sites
- Edgar Allan Poe Cottage
- Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
- Museum of Edgar Allan Poe
- The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Selected Journals & Databases
- Edgar Allan Poe Review
- Poe Studies/Dark Romanticism∗ (Poe Society, Baltimore – some issues available)
Expert & Academic Sites
- Baudelaire’s Poe – Online Exhibition @ Vanderbilt
- Edgar Allan Poe Collection @ Enoch Pratt Free Library
- Edgar Allan Poe Digital Collection @ UT Austin
- From Out the Shadow – Online Exhibition @ UVA
- Nevermore Online Exhibition @ Cornell
Fan Sites
Science Fiction
Selected Journals, Magazines & Databases
- Apex Magazine∗
- Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine∗ (Some articles available)
- Clarkesworld Magazine∗
- Extrapolation
- Fafnir: Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research∗
- Fantasy and Science Fiction∗ (Reviews available)
- FANAC.org
- FEMSPEC
- Foundation
- Heinlein Journal
- Horn Book (YA & Children’s focus)
- Locus Magazine
- Modern Fiction Studies
- MOSF Journal of Science Fiction
- New York Review of Science Fiction∗ (Reviews & editorials available)
- Science Fiction Film & Television
- Science Fiction Studies∗ (Some issues available)
- SF Commentary∗
- SF Signal∗
- Steampunk Magazine∗
- Transformative Works and Cultures∗
- Vector∗ (BSFA Critical Journal)
- Verniana∗
- The Wellsian
- WSFA Journal
- Arts and Humanities Commons
- Bud Foote Science Fiction Collection @ Georgia Tech
- Center for Ray Bradbury Studies @ Indiana University
- Eaton Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasy @ UCR
- Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction @ Uni of Kansas
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Locus Index to Science Fiction
- Science Fiction Collections @ Syracuse
- Science Fiction Magazines @ Cornell
- SFWA Collection @ NIU
General Sites
- BlogOutLoud: Famous Science Fiction Authors Discuss Their Works
- British Science Fiction Association
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
- Fanac Fan History Project
- File770.com (Mike Glyer’s Science Fiction Fan Newzine)
- Galactic Central
- Legendarium Media
- Revolution Science Fiction
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America
- Science Fiction Foundation
- Sci-fi and Fantasy Network
- Speculative Literature Foundation
- SyFy
- Washington Science Fiction Association
- World Science Fiction Society
Science Fiction Authors
- Brian Aldiss
- Charlie Jane Anders
- Isaac Asimov Online
- Bernard Beckett
- James Blish
- Ray Bradbury
- Hatrack River (Orson Scott Card)
- James S. A. Corey
- John Christopher
- The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation
- William Gibson
- Robert A. Heinlein
- Frank Herbert
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Madeleine L’Engle
- The Worlds of Anne McCaffrey
- Beth Revis
- Kim Stanley Robinson
- Mary Doria Russell
- Jules Verne
- H. G. Wells
- Connie Willis
Dystopian Fiction
General Sites
Dystopian Authors
- Aldous Huxley
- Frederik Pohl
- James Dashner
- M. T. Anderson
- Nancy Farmer
- George Orwell
- Scott Westerfield
- Sherri S. Tepper
- Suzanne Collins
- Veronica Roth
Movie/TV Sites
Fan/Other Sites
The Hunger Games
Star Wars
General Sites
- Complete Wermo’s Guides to the languages of Star Wars
- Jedi Archive (German site)
- Jedipedia (German wiki)
- Jedi Temple Archives
- Lucasfilm
- Lucas Museum of Art
- Movie Review Index
- The Nerdy Novelist
- Skywalker Sound
- Star Wars Bibliography
- Star Wars Celebration
- Star Wars in the Classroom
- Star Wars News Net
- Star Wars Official Site
- Star Wars Ring Theory
- Star Wars Timeline (Random House)
- Star Wars Trilogy
- TheForce.net
- Wookieepedia
Selected Journals & Databases
Expert & Academic Sites
- Star Wars Comic Collection @ VCU
- Star Wars: the Identities (Current traveling exhibition from LucasFilm)
- Star Wars: the Magic of Myth @ the Smithsonian
- Star Wars: Where Science Meets the Imagination @ Museum of Science, Boston
Blogs & Podcasts
- Bearded Trio
- Coffee with Kenobi
- Far Far Away Radio
- ForceCast
- Full of Sith
- Jedi News
- Idiot’s Array
- Making Star Wars
- My Star Wars Story
- Rebel Force Radio
- Star Wars Kids Cast
- Star Wars Report
- Tattúínárdǿla Saga