Whys and Wherefores

These pages (specifically the author bibliographies) where created starting in 1995 to collect bibliographical information on authors working in the Speculative Fiction genre (a lazy way of saying anything that fits my rather broad definition of SF). As soon as I began putting them online and at the same time exploring the net I realized almost exactly what I wanted them to be. More than just a set of bibliographies (even then there where sites which filled that niche to a lesser or greater extent) but a resource that made proper use of the hypertext format by supplying not just the bio and bibliographies on my site but links to as many relevant offsite resources as possible. Most similar sites seemed to still be stuck using the web as another form of print: constrained to static text.

Despite the almost immediate realization that the site could never be all that it could be, since I work on it alone and am far too obsessive and controlling to allow anyone else to mess with it, I found that I enjoy working on it and use it often enough myself to justify it's existence. I also enjoy the notes I receive from people who have found it useful. I don't forsee giving it up anytime soon so even if you see longish periods without major updates I am probably still hacking away at the nooks and crannies making minor bibliographical updates or clearing away the dead links.

If there's something else you were wondering about try my other local links first. If they still don't answer your question you can try me at espana@catch22.com