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Space, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Hobby (Role-Playing) Gaming/Collectible Card Games
The Official Pokemon Website

http://www.pokemon.com
Products, events

Wizards of the Coast (a subsidiary of Hasbro)

http://www.wizards.com
A major hobby gaming (Dungeons & Dragons, Magic, Star Wars, etc.) site

Sci-Fi
Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica.com
http://www.battlestargalactica.com
Richard (the original Captain Apollo) Hatch’s website.

Battlestar Galactica Original Costume and Prop Museum
http://www.kobol.com
One of the internet's oldest and largest BG sites.

Douglas Adams

BBC—h2g2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide

Official Douglas Adams page on the BBC website.
Douglas Adams.com
http://www.douglasadams.com
Forum, news, DNA.

ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
http://www.zz9.org
The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Appreciation Society. Membership, news, merchandise, more!

Dr. Who
BBC Cult Television—Dr. Who
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho
The official BBC site.

General
Creation Entertainment

http://www.creationent.com
Sci-Fi conventions, links, Celebrity Autograph Room.

Hallmark
http://www.hallmark.com
Star Trek, Star Wars ornaments (among others).

Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com

MovieProp.com
http://www.movieprop.com
Movie posters, costumes, props

The Official SciFi_Discussion Website
http://clik.to/sf
Discussion groups for sci-fi addicts!

Raving Toy Maniac
http://www.toymania.com
Focus on action figures. News, features, resources (grading guide, etc.).

Roaring Rockets
http://www.slick-net.com/space/index.phtml
Histories of Captain Video and other early sci-fi series. Discussion, photos of mail-order premiums and retail toys issued during each series’ run.

Science Fiction in Film and Television
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/
Lot/2976/SF2-intro.html

A GREAT sci-fi bibliographic resource!

SciFi.com (The Sci-Fi Channel)
http://www.scifi.com
Episode guides, fan forums, viewing schedules.

Scifihobby.com (Rittenhouse Archives Ltd.)
http://www.scifihobby.com.
Sci-fi trading card sets.

Toy Ray Guns
http://www.toyraygun.com
"…the Library of Alexandria for ray guns." (Sci-Fi Weekly)

TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy Shows—Pazsaz Entertainment Network

http://www.pazsaz.com/scifan.html
Database has info on just about any sci-fi or fantasy program ever aired!

The Invaders
The Authorized Site for Roy Thinnes (The Invaders)

http://miraclefilms.com/thinnes.htm
Information, pics, descriptions of collectibles, news.

The Invaders.com
http://www.theinvaders.com.ar
Informative site: episode guide, clips, pics and collectibles

The Invaders Unofficial Web Site and Episode Guide http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/SciFi/invaders
Terrifically informative and fun British site.

Irwin Allen
The Irwin Allen News Network

http://www.iann.net
Lots of info about Allen and his series; links

Planet of the Apes
The Ultimate Planet of the Apes Website
http://www.geocities.com/drzaius0
Timeline, chat, gallery of older collectibles.

Star Trek
New Force Comics & Collectibles
http://newforcecomics.com
New and vintage sci-fi merchandise; Collector Reference provides release dates and productions figures for many Star Trek items

SimonSays.com (Simon & Schuster)
http://www.simonsays.com/startrek
Star Trek books: series, new releases, manuscript submissions, boards, etc.

The Star Trek Continuum
http://www.startrek.com
Official Star Trek Website. News, gaming, store, etc.

StarTrekToys.com
http://www.startrektoys.com
Database price list, links

Star Trek TV Guides
http://star-trek-tv-guides.fanspace.com
Illustrated checklist of every Star Trek TV Guide published in US.

Star Wars
Hasbro

http://www.hasbro.com/starwars/
Officially licensed Star Wars action figures.

Sir Steve’s Star Wars Guide
http://www.sirstevesguide.com
Collector’s database, photo gallery, community

The Star War's Collector's Archive
http://toysrgus.com
Possibly the most comprehensive sci-fi collector’s database on the web.

Twilight Zone
The 5th Dimension

http://www.thetzsite.com
Twilight Zone news, episode guide, interactive

The Twilight Zone Archives
http://www.twilightzone.org
Info, archives, links, boards

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Recommended Reading

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
Clute, John and Peter Nicholls.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995.

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy.
Clute, John and John Grant.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Fantastic Television.
Gerani, Gary and Paul H. Schulman.
New York: Harmony Books, 1977.

The Twilight Zone Companion
by Marc Scott Zicree
The "bible" of the series-very well written, extensively researched.

Twilight Zone: the Complete Stories
by Rod Serling
Actually, there are just 19 stories, but well worth the price as they were adapted by the master himself.

Doctor Who: The Television Companion
by David Howe and Stephen Walker
Synopses of every episode, and lots more.

Doctor Who: Regeneration
by Philip Segal and Gary Russell
Chronicles ongoing struggle by BBC to co-produce a new Dr. Who motion picture.

Howe's Transcendental Toybox
by David Howe and Arnold Blumberg
A comprehensive guide to Dr. Who collectibles released from 1963 through 1999.

Plastic Toys: Dimestore Dreams of the 40's and 50's
by Bill Hanlon et al. (Schiffer, 1993). 
This is one of the most comprehensive treatments on collectible plastic toys. Has a chapter devoted to space toys.

The Great Television Heroes
by Donald Glut and Jim Harmon (Doubleday, 1975). 
Considered the best history of early sci-fi series.

The Complete Directory to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Television Series: A Comprehensive Guide to the First 50 Years, 1946 to 1996
by Alan Morton

Science Fiction Television Series: Episode Guides, Histories, and Casts and Credits for 62 Prime Time Shows, 1959 Through 1989
by Mark Phillips, Frank Garcia

The Sci-Fi Channel Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction
by Roger Fulton (Preface), John Gregory Betancourt (Preface)

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