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Michael Prescott
Links
fun stuff
http://www.malinche.net - interactive fiction site that allows you to become the hero of the novel
www.hedgeweb.com - "Over the Hedge" comic strip
www.buffyguide.com - unofficial guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer - gone but not forgotten
http://artchive.com - online art museum
http://thinks.com - puzzles and brain teasers
www.shakespearebyanothername.com - site dedicated to proving that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, wrote the works of Shakespeare
http://shakespeareauthorship.com - the other side of the Shakespeare story, dedicated to the proposition that "Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare"
www.stopmotionanimation.com - covers model animation in puppet films and special effects
www.aynrandcontrahumannature.blogspot.com - intelligent site critiquing Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism
paranormal
http://metgat.zaadz.com/blog - Michael Tymm's blog about life after death
www.paranormalreview.com - roundup of current news about psi
www.ourcuriousworld.com - open-minded site exploring a variety of unusual claims
users.skynet.be/PascalBel/r101index.html - Belgian site (in French) with many great photos of the doomed R-101 airship discussed in my essay "R-101"
www.gotpsi.org/bi/gotpsi.htm - test your psychic abilities on this professionally maintained site
www.alternativescience.com/ - interesting perspective on a variety of topics outside mainstream science (I particularly like this analysis of James Randi's "million dollar challenge")
www.survivalafterdeath.org/ - excellent compendium of info on research into mediumship and paranormal phenomena
www.amasci.com/weird/wclose.html - skeptical look at skepticism itself
publishing and author sites
www.yadudigital.com/info/writers_links.htm - links to various author resources
www.software602.com -- neat software suite that's nearly as feature-packed as Office ... and free
Michael Connelly (www.michaelconnelly.com) is one of the best writers of crime fiction today
John Sandford (www.johnsandford.org) is the author of the best-selling, highly entertaining Prey series
Steven Saylor (www.stevensaylor.com) writes impeccably researched novels about crime and intrigue in ancient Rome
Jeffery Deaver (www.jefferydeaver.com) offers up grab-you-by-the-throat thrillers like The Devil's Teardrop and The Stone Monkey
Brian Harper (brianharper.freeservers.com) is the pen name I used for six supense novels I wrote between 1992 and 1998
PenguinPutnam (www.penguinputnam.com) publishes my books
Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (www.dystel.com) represents me
research resources
www.findarticles.com -- database of magazine and newspaper articles
www.usatoday.com -- news, weather, and crossword puzzles
www.bartleby.com -- quotations, Shakespeare, poetry ...
online stores
www.tomfolio.com -- network of independent booksellers
www.abebooks.com - huge database of used book stores
www.half.com -- subsidiary of eBay (www.ebay.com), offering used merchandise (including books) at big discounts
www.teachco.com -- offers excellent university lecture courses on audiotape, CD, and videotape
www.audible.com -- download audio books and lectures, and play them on your PC or handheld device
www.laridian.com -- they sell cool software for Pocket PC or Palm computers that allows you to carry the Bible (various translations) on your PDA
e-books
www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/james.html - dedicated to pioneering psychologist and philsopher William James
www.promo.net/pg -- your window to Project Gutenberg, where many classics are available for download in plain text editions
www.cewindows.net/scripts/linkman/linkmat.cgi -- database of electronic books, mostly free, in various formats
etext.virginia.edu/ebooks -- University of Virginia's large selection of classic titles
www.ebookexpress.com -- convert your files to Microsoft Reader format with this online program
www.netbible.org -- new translation of the Bible (the New English Translation, or NET), available for free download; copious translators' notes
www.biblegateway.com - compare multiple translations of the Bible
www.fictionwise.com -- short stories (mainly SF, some mysteries) for sale in all major electronic formats
www.mobipocket.com -- free eBook reader software for your PDA
www.palm.com/software/ -- the PalmReader, despite its name, works on both Palm and Pocket PC devices
shameless plug
You can buy Comes the Dark, Stealing Faces, The Shadow Hunter, Last Breath, Next Victim, In Dark Places, Dangerous Games, Mortal Faults and Final Sins online at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Borders, Powell's, and Buy.com.