- Popular Culture - Wikipedia
- A good place to start - defining popular culture - pop culture in 20th
and 21st centuries, origins, criticisms ...
- Popular
Culture Studies - Wikipedia
- History, adoption, technology, geographical usage, content, social aspects,
further reading.
- Comics - Wikipedia
- Defining comics, history, artistic medium, art styles, the language, forms
within comics, creation of comics , comics awards ...
- Marvel Universe
- A wiki encyclopedia dedicated to Marvel Comics
Assorted TV Fan Sites
- FANDATA's Fandom Directory¨
- On-Line Edition
- A searchable database of people & companies, publications & zines, clubs
and conventsions
- Lostpedia
- The Lost Encyclopedia-
Currently 1,428 articles dedicated to ABC's hit TV show Lost
-
fanfiction
- Dr. Seuss Parody
Page
- Collected and maintained by David Bedno
- Fandom - Wikipedia
- 77 pages in 12 subcategories undeer this entry
- Fan Fiction - Wikipedia
- History, formats, reviewing, terminology and subgenres, legal issues, references.
- The Fanfic Symposium
- "A symposium is a collection of essays on a similar topic (it's also a
party involving feasting and drinking, but we won't go there). The
topic in this case is fan fiction, and the essayists are, well, you.
… You can browse columns by year or by topic, or look at the ten most
recent columns. "
- FanFiction.net
- "A resource for writing, reviewing and reading fanfiction stories"
- The Force.net
- Fan fiction based on the Star Wars myth
- Slash fiction - Wikipedia
- History, present-day slash, original slash, controversy, evolution, timeline.
- Star Trek fan fiction
- Star Trek didn't begin fan fiction but it certainly is responsible for
a rapid expansion of activity that brought fan fiction into popular
consciousness. One genre, the homoerotic fantasies that paired Kirk
and Spock, is where the term "Slash"came from.
- Yahoo!
- Fan Fiction Index
- Links to many fan fiction sites. Everything from the popular Star Trek and Xena,
to the Nanny and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
- Xena Fan Fiction Archive
- In it's short 6 year lifespan Xena: Warrior Princess spawned a vast
array of fan fiction. This is a well organized archive. It also includes
links to other Xena related fan fiction sites.
- SportsFan Magazine
- Links to Fan Sites for many sports
Media & Genre
- Genre - Wikipedia
- Subgenre, conventions, audiences, genre in philosophy
- Comicbookdb.com
- The comic book database
- Encyclopedia
of Television
- "The Encyclopedia of Television includes more than 1,000 original
essays from more than 250 contributors and examines specific programs
and people, historic moments and trends, major policy disputes and
such topics as violence, tabloid television and the quiz show scandal.
It also includes histories of major television networks as well as
broadcasting systems around the world and is complemented by resource
materials, photos and bibliographical information."
- Computer & Video
Games - Wikipedia
- An extensive entryincluding history, gameplay, genres, popularity,
development, naming, amd format. See also: List
of computer and video gaming topics
- Entertainment Software
Association
- Facts & Research, News, Intellectual Property, Government Affairs,
etc.
- Game Infowire.com
- News, screenshots, gossip, opinion & reviews
Romance Novels
- American Women's Dime Novel
Project
- Dime Novels for Women, 1870 - 1920 - a project that grew out of Felicia
L. Carr's Ph.D. dissertation.
- A Reader's Guide
to Romance Novels & Women's Fiction
- Maintained by Valerie Taylor who states: "Ideally, this site should
work in harmony with other romance websites--to help you find your favorite
authors, the most astute book reviews, all the latest information about
upcoming releases, or the perfect readers' group for you."
- Longmire
does Nomance Novels
- Spoofs of romance novel book covers.
- The Romance Reader
- Book reviews, features, author interviews ...
- Romance
literature directory at Yahoo
- Autors, Romance Writing Blogs, Booksellers, Web Published Romance,
Regency, Writing
- The Road to Romance
- For readers and writers of romanitc fiction - reviews, author links,
interviews, etc.
Speculative Fiction/Science Fiction/Fantasy
- Science Fiction - Wikipedia
- Scope & purpose of science fiction, prominent authors speakng about,
genres , media, terminology, fandom
- feministSF wiki (fsfwiki)
- A collective knowledge base
of all things feminist, fictional, and speculative ...
- World Science Fiction Society -
World Science Fiction Convention
- The largest sci fi "con" that also awards the Hugo
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America
- Awarders of the Nebula at its annual awards banquet. SFWA has 1500 mumbers
- "most professional writers of science fiction and fantasy" in the US
and "elsewhere in the universe."
Soap Opera
- Soap Opera - Wikipedia
- History, characteristics, plots & storylines, US Soaps, UK aand Australia
Soaps, Parodies, links. See
Also: Telenovela
- SoapOperaHistory.com
- "...the goal of this site is to provide in-depth knowledge and information
about every soap opera ever!"
- World of Soap Themes (WoST)
- A free webcast of television soap commentary and interviews
- Soapdom
- "Where soap opera rules! … Soapdom, Inc. is a B2B2BC media
company that serves as an intermediary ebusiness for networks, producers
and studios to promote their serialized television programming including
daytime soap operas. "
- Soap Links
- A no-nonsense but huge soap index. Scroll down almost to the bottom to find links
to online soaps and serials
- Soap Opera Links
- Organized by soap title, each page has links to fan pages, newsgroups and official
web sites
- The SoapBox
- "The place where you can rant and rave about your favorite soap operas.
To get started just place your pointer on the box above and step on up."
- The Soaps
- Four brand-new, weekly serials: Misty Waters, Southland, The Tribe Majestik and
whispers.
Sports Fans
- Interactive Internet Sports
- "Play Sports Trivia, enter your predictions for upcoming sports' contests,
and Mouth Off with other IIS Sports Fans."
- Schneid's Volleyball Page
- Schneid goes beyond fan to fanatic about his or her favorite sport.
- Tom Benjamin's Hockey
Page
- Benjamin sums up his own site like this: "Anybody who likes the essays on
this site will probably be a serious hockey fan, but not all serious hockey fans
will be interested."