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The '''Internet Speculative Fiction Database''', '''ISFDB''', is a [[bibliographic]] database of [[fiction]] considered to be [[speculative fiction|speculative]], including [[SF]], [[Fantasy]] and [[Horror]]. Founded by [[Al von Ruff]] and [[Ahasuerus]] in 1995 and maintained by volunteers, it has some 150,000 authors, 450,000 publications and 120,000 publishers recorded.
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The '''Internet Speculative Fiction Database''', '''ISFDB''', is a [[bibliographic]] database of [[fiction]] considered to be [[speculative fiction|speculative]], including [[SF]], [[Fantasy]] and [[Horror]]. Founded by [[Al von Ruff]] and [[Ahasuerus]] in 1995 and maintained by volunteers, it has, at this writing, some 236,357 authors, 740,327 publications and 34,875 publishers recorded.<ref name="ISFDBstats">[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/stats.cgi?4 ISFDB Statistics], retrieved 15 July 2022</ref>
  
 
* {{link | website=http://www.isfdb.org | text=ISFDB}}
 
* {{link | website=http://www.isfdb.org | text=ISFDB}}
 
* {{link | website=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database | text=Wikipedia entry}}
 
* {{link | website=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database | text=Wikipedia entry}}
 
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* {{link | website=https://www.tor.com/2021/04/30/the-single-best-bibliographical-resource-there-is-if-you-like-sff/ | text=[[James Davis Nicoll]], "The Single Best Bibliographical Resource There Is (if You Like SFF)," Tor.com, 30 April 2021}}
  
 
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Revision as of 07:28, 15 July 2022

The Internet Speculative Fiction Database, ISFDB, is a bibliographic database of fiction considered to be speculative, including SF, Fantasy and Horror. Founded by Al von Ruff and Ahasuerus in 1995 and maintained by volunteers, it has, at this writing, some 236,357 authors, 740,327 publications and 34,875 publishers recorded.[1]


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  1. ISFDB Statistics, retrieved 15 July 2022