Matters Literary

As I'm a great reader of Traditional Ghostly Fiction (indeed, an active member of the Ghost Story Society of Great Britain*), this heading is most apposite; but that is hardly the only area of interest, not in the least; pray, allow me to lead you to many more:

Ghosts and Scholars : Rosemary Pardoe's acclaimed journal of fiction and commentary, chiefly concerned with things in the style of the Master, Montague Rhodes James.
For serious readers, book collectors and researchers of the Macabre I can think of no better notion than a visit to Professor Voller, at The Literary Gothic Page
For the best in Science Fiction and Fantasy, see The SF Site
The Dreaming: Neil Gaiman's Home Page puts you in the Sandman's realm.
The Terry Pratchett Home Page Ah yes, the Discworld, where the Librarian peels bananas with his toes, Death is just a tone of voice (but a unique tone of voice), and Cripple Mr. Onion is really the only game in town...you owe it to yourself to enter the Century of the Fruitbat!

* For information on the Ghost Story Society, enquire of Barbara and Chris Roden at ashtree@ash-tree.bc.ca (or just check out the excellent GSS website and linger over the offerings of the Ash-Tree Press, and much more besides!)

The Patrick O'Brian Home Page will get you to the Holy Windward Side of the Quarterdeck;
Helen Murphy's Searoom-L Listwains' Map will show you where the dedicated followers of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, et al maintain our harbors, while
Gibbons Burke's Ultimate Patrick O'Brian Page has gathered every POB link imaginable, including the Nautical Idiom List and Music Index to the Aubrey-Maturin series: Tally and Belay!
For an excellent overview of the genre generally, check out
John Kohnen's Nautical Fiction List

Added Bonus For Patrick O'Brian Fans! Visit Sea Room, home of the list that Patrick O'Brian made, and much more besides: to subscribe to the Sea Room mailing list, send mail to this address with the message SUBSCRIBE SEAROOM-L.

And while you're about it, why not join up with the newly-reconstituted Gunroom - that other list o' lissuns...full instructions will be found at the site!

Which leads us, quite naturally, to the Jane Austen Information Page!

Periodicals? The Web overflows with 'em, here are some of my favorite 'zines:

HotWired: the Wired Magazine Home Page

The sources for writers are here as well...

The BookWeb(tm) Home Page from the American Booksellers Association, collects sources as well as ever it can,
The BookWire - news and views from inside the publishing business.
Project Gutenberg has been around since 1971, and is no less than an attempt to put every book in the public domain online - well worth a browse
inkygirl - one of lots and lots of writer specific blogs - is a good writer's resource, as is
The Children's Writing Resource Center
The Library of Congress might have what you can't find in the house!
The Internet Book Information Center is also worth a read.
Or check out the New York Public Library Resource Guides.

And here are a few sources for books and such, New and Used:

I am a veteran of many years' bookstore employment: Bookstop, Brentano's - and I've long toiled at this fine spot: Half Price Books
The Internet Book Shop (UK)
@Random:Random House Publications
HarperCollins Publishers - among my favorites, along with
WW Norton
Alibiris and Abebooks - the Internet's prime search sites for old, used and rare books.

And finally, for the truly hip:

Justin's Links to the Literary
The New York Review of Books
Booklust
LNR
Identity Theory

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