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There are many helpful links for writers, illustrators, game designers and animators. Here are a few that have proven useful for us. Have a look at what lies behind each link (in alphabetical order).

Member's Pages:
Les Petersen
Personal page of Les Petersen, the man responsible for most of the illustrations in the CSFG Anthologies.
Page about Krystal Snitch
Page about member Krystal Snitch and her book.
Robbie Matthew's Writing Page
The personal page of Robbie Matthews, the man who did all the paperwork for the CSFG Anthologies.
Page about Maxine McArthur
A brief little page about the award-winning Maxine McArthur. And read a quick review of it, now available in the USA.
Amazon.com: Time Future and Times Past
Buy Maxine's books!
Alison Vengoban
About her and her many publications.

Other Groups:
Vision Writers Group
Brisbane-based writers group. Very active,and for some reason we seem to have a lot of cross-over between members...

Resources:
ACT Writers Centre
An incredibly useful resource for writers in the ACT.
Analog Science Fiction & Fact
Publication featuring short stories and non-fiction.
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
Australian Spec Fic, published bi-monthly, with an emphasis on "fun" SF.
Asimov's Science Fiction
A well established publication featuring short stories, articles and their guidelines give a good outline for aspiring writers.
Demonground
Edited by member Geoff Skellams, Demonground is a fanzine concentrating on modern horror role-playing.
Eidolon
A great place for SF & F news, short stories and reviews, especially concerning Australia.
Fables and Reflections
An Australian fanzine of Fiction and Non-fiction in the genres of Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Magic Realism
Gaslight Books
The official site of a bookstore in Canberra specializing in fantasy, sci-fi, horror, mystery...
Locus Online
"News, reviews, resources, and perspectives of the science fiction field"
Redsine
A quality online monthly publication featuring short stories and art. Geoffrey Maloney has been featured author for it.
SCIFI.COM Chat
Holds weekly and monthly chats with prominant figures and also a good place to meet others interested in the field.
SpecFicWorld.com
An online resource guide for speculative fiction fans and writers.
SF Site
News in the field as well as the usual short stories and reviews.

Research & Reference:
ABC News Online (space)
News articles on recent discoveries and events about and related to space...the final frontier.
Asteroid Distribution
Showing the distribution of asteriods in the inner solar system.
Economist.com (Science & Technology)
Great place to look for articles on science and technology.
Historical Armed Combat Association
Great for information on period armour, weapons and the like.
Life in Space?
An article about the discovery of two new planets and the possibility of life.
Mining and Processing of an Asteroid
Going in to the details of the possibilities of mining asteroids.
New Scientist - Web Links
Good for finding sites to do with nearly any scientific field you're interested in.
Periodic Table
Information on the the base elements and their properties as well as other mixtures and compounds.
Permanent
A large space resource site listing many different areas.
SF Gate News (single article)
An article announcing the discovery of 6 planets outside the solar system and the chance of life on them.
Solar System Dynamics
A resource site concentrating on 'all known bodies in orbit around the sun'.
Solstation.com
This has a great little 3D interactive map of the stars nearest us.
Space Activities Bill 1998
From the Parliment Library about the legislation.
Space Colony Art from 1970's
Conceptual Art from a NASA project.
Sydney Morning Herald - Human Genome Project
The SMH has linked together all the articles on the Human Genome Project in the one place.
Welcome to Mars
Contains a mirror of both the NASA Mars mission websites.
Yahoo Daily News - Astronomy Discoveries
Featuring recent articles on recent events.
Zombeck's Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hardcore science theory...scary stuff.

Authors:
Garth Nix and Garth Nix
The site of Garth Nix, an Australian Sci-fi/Fantasy author.
George Turner
A list of author George Turner's works.

Misc.:
Conflux, 43rd Australian National SF Convention
The official site. 23-26 April 2004. Canberra Lakeside Rydges.
Aussiecon 3
Information about Aussiecon 3, a Science Fiction Convention held 1999.
BITS
British Isles Traveller Support - a sci-fi RP game established in 1977.
Fantastic Fiction
Useful if looking for SF/H/F books by specific authors.
GURPS Traveller Products
Books, props and merchandise for Traveller.
Military Simulations
Australia's specialty games mail order business.
Sydney Morning Herald - Books
A good place to keep up on new releases and reviews.