Site of the Week -- May 3, 1999
ewcomers to Larry Niven are easily baffled by the numerous novels, short stories and collaborations that this prolific SF author has written. Luckily there is the Known Space Web site, an unauthorized guide to Niven's work that pays particular attention to stories relating to Known Space, the timeline that includes Niven's Hugo Award-winning novel Ringworld.
The site is maintained by Niven's fan and has been online for more than three years. It details both Niven's published and forthcoming works, placing them in context and also rating them as introductory material for Niven tenderfoots. The site also contains a Known Space chronology; extensive lists of related Internet sites, newsgroups, and mailing lists; and a large gallery of artists' interpretations of Niven's many races, machines and worlds. Niven neophytes should make this Web site their first stop on the Internet.
-- Mark Wilson
Site of the Week -- April 26, 1999
ure, this site is little more than an episode guide with sound effects. But fans would have to do some deep diving to scope out a better online reference to the classic SF TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
The main page has five Voyage links, one for each season's yearly
episodes and one for the 1964 Voyage film (this link didn't work). While the writing on the Guide is not exceptional, it was done with the ardor of a true fan. As such, it has a fresh and enthusiastic voice that actually breathes life into the staid and standard episode guide format. Beware, however: the background sound file of a pinging sonar might break some browsers.
-- Tamara I. Hladik
Site of the Week -- April 19, 1999
pace: 1999 might not have gotten its proper respect during its
two-year run on TV, but the Space: 1999 Cyber Museum dishes out props aplenty. This site isn't a beauty, but there's enough high-quality information here to please demanding fans. As a bonus, the accompanying prose is fairly good, not just the ramblings of an average Web-site hack.
The Museum is filled with images of props, links to vintage toys and even lists of Space: 1999 novels. And although they're not identified as such, curious facts abound. For example, fans visiting France can actually be the guests of Catherine "Maya" Schell at her converted farmhouse. Cost? About $50 a night.
-- Tamara I. Hladik
