Difference between revisions of "Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction"
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Many [[fans]] contributed citations. The dictionary is sanctioned by the OED, though it is no longer formally affiliated with it. | Many [[fans]] contributed citations. The dictionary is sanctioned by the OED, though it is no longer formally affiliated with it. | ||
| − | It includes | + | It includes more than 1,800 separate entries, with continual updates, and features display type in [https://www.typography.com/fonts/sagittarius/design-notes Sagittarius], a new typeface “for beauty, wellness, and galactic conquest” by type designer Jonathan Hoefler. |
*[https://sfdictionary.com/ Website.] | *[https://sfdictionary.com/ Website.] | ||
| + | *[https://twitter.com/SFdictionary Twitter.] | ||
*[https://www.wired.com/story/historical-dictionary-of-science-fiction/ Wired story on the project.] | *[https://www.wired.com/story/historical-dictionary-of-science-fiction/ Wired story on the project.] | ||
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/arts/science-fiction-dictionary.html New York Times story.] | *[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/arts/science-fiction-dictionary.html New York Times story.] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:59, 23 August 2022
An online, quotation-based lexicon of stfnal words begun in 2001 as the Science Fiction Citations Project, a crowd-sourced effort of the Oxford English Dictionary, edited by then-OED staffer Jesse Sheidlower, and independently relaunched by him in 2021.
Many fans contributed citations. The dictionary is sanctioned by the OED, though it is no longer formally affiliated with it.
It includes more than 1,800 separate entries, with continual updates, and features display type in Sagittarius, a new typeface “for beauty, wellness, and galactic conquest” by type designer Jonathan Hoefler.
| Publication | 2021— |
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