SciFi Resources

Here will be posted a bunch of links to various SciFi related websites that fans may find useful. Or not. Warning, once you click on a link you're outside the SFFU site. We have precious little control over our own site, but absolutely none over the outside.

This list is by no means comprehensive. It's just whatever I happened to think of at the time. I'm not about to spend hours surfing the 'net looking at Sci Fi web pages. Okay, actually that's something I would do, but I haven't got much of a list compiled. If you have any links you'd like to see here, send them to us and we'll check them out. We particularly need ones relevant to our showings.

• General Items
  • Science Fiction Timeline -- Curious as to when something will have happened in a particular universe? Check here.
  • Internet Movie Database -- Lists who played who in any movie anywhere. Recognize an actor in a movie, but can't quite place where you know them from? This site knows.
  • Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics -- For the General Nit-picker
• Star Trek
  • Memory Alpha -- A wiki full of wonderful Star Trek information.
  • The Klingon Language Institute -- Any true scifi nerd should know how to speak a little Klingon. This site provides the resources you need to gain your language skills.
  • Klingonska Akademien -- A site based in Uppsala, Sweden working to expand knowledge of the Klingon language and culture. Lär dig svenska och klingonska samtidigt!
• Babylon 5
  • The Lurker's Guide -- a general guide for all B5 related stuffs. Most comprehensive.
  • B5 Tech Manual -- Another fan site.
• Lord of the Rings
  • Writing with Elvish Fonts -- get fonts for the Elvish alphabets from LotR and write like them. At least if they had computers in Middle-earth, they'd use these.
  • The NitPicker's Guide to the Lord of the Rings -- Everything that's different between the books and the movies
• Other Clubs
  • Anime Anonymous -- CU's anime club. They meet on Fridays. Attend.
• Astronomy Links
  • Cassini-Huygens -- NASA's page on the Cassini mission to Saturn.
  • Mars Exploration Rover Mission -- NASA's Mars rover website
  • MESSENGER -- Mission to Mercury
  • Earth Impact Effects Program -- Ever wonder what will happen if a big asteroid crashes into Earth? Go here to find out.
  • Sky & Telescope Interactive Sky Chart -- See what's in the sky tonight.
  • List of nearest stars -- Curious about your neighbors?
  • Bad Astronomy -- Site dedicated to dispelling misconceptions about astronomy.