Sites of Interest for Fanfic Writers
(and other interested parties)
General Stargate Atlantis Sites
Rooms, Locations and Set Visits
Episode Related Information
Clothing
Character Information
Earth Languages
Earth Cultures
Non-Earth Languages and Information
Science (Physics)
Science (Medical)
Science (Computing)
Fanfic and General Writing Information
Misc
General Stargate Atlantis sites:
Gateworld's Omnipedia - characters, races, technology, planets and more.
Stargate Wiki - Full of information on all Stargate shows.
Gateworld's Image Gallery - photos from Stargate.
Stargate Handbook - lots
of information on SG1 and Atlantis – but only up to Duet in S2
for Atlantis at present. Still a good site for background info on
characters etc, and site owner tells you if the info is canon or
derived from canon by fans.
Atlantis Archive - news, gallery, media and lots more (including an omnipedia).
Alec McClymont's Site - Graphics for mixed TV shows including SGA and SG1.
sga_reference - LJ community where you can ask questions relating to SGA fanfic. Worth looking through previous posts.
Rooms, Locations and Set Visits:
Atlantis Set Visit
- this contains photos of sets (as well as actors etc); includes
gateroom, puddle jumper, control chair and Daedalus sets amongst
others. Her commentary for the visit can be found HERE.
Scale of Atlantis - posts about the size and scale of Atlantis, as well as the range of the Apollo’s sensors.
Locations on Atlantis - this has information about where various rooms are/might be located.
Rooms on Atlantis - this has screencaps and information on various rooms (up to Season 3).
Episode Related Information:
Hostage/Taken, Injuries and Death List - not complete, but worth a look if you can't remember who got taken hostage, injured or died in an episode.
Death List - people who died in Seasons 1 & 2.
Cultural Reference - Earth culture references made in some of Season 1.
Clothing:
Uniform Information - for all SGA staff and military (Seasons 1 & 2).
Dog Tags - basic information on dog tags.
Character Information:
| Bates |
Lorne, Evan |
| Beckett, Carson |
McKay, Rodney |
| Caldwell, Stephen |
Novak, Lindsey |
| Dex, Ronon |
Sheppard, John |
| Emmagan, Teyla |
Weir, Elizabeth |
| Ford, Aiden |
Zelenka, Radek |
| Grodin, Peter |
|
Sergeant Bates:
sga_reference - some personal information for Bates.
Dr Carson Beckett:
sga_reference - some personal information for Carson.
Colonel Stephen Caldwell:
sga_reference - some personal information for Stephen.
Specialist Ronon Dex:
sga_reference - some personal information for Ronon.
Teyla Emmagan:
sga_reference - some personal information for Teyla.
Lieutenant Aiden Ford:
sga_reference - some personal information for Aiden.
Dr Peter Grodin:
sga_reference - some personal information for Peter.
Major Evan Lorne:
sga_reference - some personal information for Evan.
Dr Rodney McKay:
Snarky McKay - this is a fanlisting that also has a list of McKay injuries in each episode plus some basic background note on the character.
Canon vs Fanon Citrus Allergy - a live journal discussion of McKay's citrus allergy by with_apostrophe.
Canon vs Fanon General Food - a live journal discussion of McKay's eating habits by with_apostrophe.
Canon vs Fanon Hypoglycaemia - a live journal discussion of McKay's hypoglycaemia by with_apostrophe.
sga_reference - some personal information for Rodney.
Dr Lindsey Novak:
sga_reference - some personal information for Lindsey.
Major/Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard:
Kristen999 on LiveJournal - check out comments for discussion of Sheppard's education and military past.
Smittywing on Live Journal - more discussion about Sheppard's military past etc.
sga_reference - some personal information for John.
Sheppard's Guns - some information on the guns John Sheppard uses.
Dr Elizabeth Weir:
sga_reference - some personal information for Elizabeth.
Dr Radek Zelenka:
sga_reference - some personal information for Radek.
Earth Languages:
Dictionary Dot Com - a very good online dictionary with a thesaurus.
Free Dictionary - a very good online dictionary, with audio so that you can hear how the word is pronounced.
American-British - spelling differences (wikipedia)
Scots Online - includes Scots-English dictionary.
Scottish Translator
Scots Dictionary
Scottish Slang - List of Scottish slang words in alphabetical order.
Foreign Word - translates several languages, including Czech, single words.
University of Phoenix - put in the word you want translating.
Latin-English Dictionary - put in the word you want translating. (I've included Latin because Daniel Jackson says that Ancient and Latin are similiar,
so if you can't find the word in Ancient try substituting Latin
(I also change a few letters around to make it less Latin-y, but
that's up to you).)
Dictionary of Antarctica Slang
- as it says, it's a list of slang used in Antarctica. Could be
useful for pre-Atlantis stories, especially for Sheppard.
Earth Cultures:
Non-Earth Languages and Information:
Ancients:
Stargate SG1 Solutions Language - list of words and general information.
Stargate SG1 Solutions Writings - history and information.
Wikipedia Language - list of words and which episodes they are from.
Wikipedia Ancients - background on the Ancients plus some words.
Sci-Fi World - Ancient and other fonts in downloadable format (also for other sci-fi series, eg Babylon 5, Battlestar Gallactica etc).
Wraith:
Wikipedia - history and general information.
Wikipedia Technology - Wraith tech.
Asurans:
Wikipedia - history and general information.
Asgard:
Wikipedia - history, general information and language (no translations).
Sci-Fi World - Asgard and other fonts in downloadable format (also for other sci-fi series, eg Babylon 5, Battlestar Gallactica etc).
Goa'uld:
Wikipedia Language - translations and language information.
Sci-Fi World - Goa'uld and other fonts in downloadable format (also for other sci-fi series, eg Babylon 5, Battlestar Gallactica etc).
Science (Physics):
Science Daily - Astrophysics - lots of information and latest research.
Physics Glossary - helps explains some words and phrases.
About Physics - all sorts of information.
Q & A on Joe Mallozzi's blog
- some interesting science information of use to fanfic writers hidden
in amongst other science related questions. You may have to
search through this blog entry, but even the science related questions
that aren’t directly of use to fanfic writers may be of interest
purely from a fannish POV!
Science (Medical):
General:
Science Daily - Medical
MedicinePlus Dictionary - has information on many ailments (see the section below for direct link to hypoglycaemia page).
Healthline - has information on many ailments (see the section below for direct link to anaphylaxis page).
Merck – contains information on health matters, both layman and professional.
eMedicine - has information on many ailments
WebMD – information on illnesses and more.
RefDesk - information on health matters.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - health information.
Whumper's Guide - a fledgling LiveJournal community for questions of a medical nature.
Hypoglycaemia:
MedicinePlus
Phobias Information:
Complete Phobia List - a list of phobias, plus other phobia-related information.
The Phobia List - a list of phobias.
Allergy Information:
The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network - Education. Advocacy. Research. Awareness.
Allergy Internet Resources - lots of allergy related information
Anaphylaxis on Healthline - symptoms, treatment and more.
Guns and Gunshot Wounds:
Guns and Gunshot Wounds
- written for the BBC 2010 Sherlock Holmes fandom, this has some
information on guns and gunshot wounds that is useful for most fandoms.
Science (Computing):
Webopedia - online computer dictionary for all those confusing computer terms.
Computing Dictionary
Fanfic and General Writing Information:
Writing Sci-Fi and Fantasy - a step-by-step guide with many good tips (site details provided by Lauren Maynard).
Whumper's Meme - A Short Guide to Whumping
- a look at what to do and what not to do when whumping a character by
kriadydragon/stealth dragon. (Whumping - causing physical and/or
emotional injury/trauma to characters.)
Writer's Lair
- Live Journal community: "...designed as an aid for writers. Have a
writing, spelling, grammar question - any question at all that pertains
to writing? Please ask. However, this is not a community to post
stories, drabbles, poems, or plot-bunnies..."
Fanlore - a look at general fan terms, common tropes etc.
Links for Fanfic Writers - a list of sites of interest to fanfic writers.
Misc:
Basic Wilderness Survival - hints and tips you might find useful when writing fics.
Behind the Name - First Names - different countries, male and female, when looking for a name for that difficult character.
Behind the Name - Surnames - different countries, male and female, when looking for a name for that difficult character.
Little Details LJ Community – multi-fandom community that is full of
details about real life (eg military protocols, medical info, name
checks for other nationalities, historical info etc). Please be warned
that subject matter can cover anything and could be disturbing to some
people. It is NOT Gen only.
Please tell me of any sites that
you have found helpful or you think someone might find helpful when
writing fiction, whether specific to Atlantis or not. I am
especially interested in sites that will help people with cultural
references/differences for all of the nationalities heavily featured in
Atlantis.