Laurie Anderson Multi-media artist (film, music, sculpture, interactive, etc) well known for her innovative stage shows

Dario Argento Master of Italian horror cinema - nice site, looks cool and has content to match about this truly inventive and important auteur-film-maker

Aristotle Greek philosopher who is said to be the 'father of modern science' and was, for better or worse, the originator of 'Aristotolian thinking'...

Isaac Asimov One of the 'grand-daddies' of SF... a clearly set-out, ecclectic collection of on-line Assimov resources and information - good starting point

Jane Austen Remaining popular today... There is also a site where you can download the text of her books

Iain (M) Banks SF/Fantasy writer and one of the freshest mainstream novelists to date.

Official website of Clive Barker - writer, film-maker, painter and master of the fabulist genre

Samuel Beckett Plenty of info here on the author and playwright

Jello Biafra A powerful wielder of words, cultural terrorist, one-time candidate for Mayor of San Francisco, founder of Alternative Tentacles record label and ex-front man for Dead Kennedys

The International Brecht Society operate a useful site dedicated to Bertolt Brecht - lots of good research ready-done here about one of the most important influences on modern theatre...

Charles Bukowski A master wordsmith brimming with honesty, humanity and humour...

William Blake Excellent, searchable archive of Blake's excellent writings and illustrations

William S Burroughs Ground-breaking wordsmith who irrevocably changed the meaning of literature

Kate Bush Excellent, comprehensive website dedicated to the singer-songwriter with a towering talent and lyrics that lead the mind toward new discoveries

Ramsey Campbell Traditional-style spooky stories twisted with sex and psychological horror

Albert Camus Some heavy-duty philosophy from the writer who has influenced many, from Scott Walker to Charles Bukowski...

Lewis Carroll Creator of the Alice, who finds adventures in Wonderland and through the looking glass...

James Clavell Comprehensive fan-maintained site dedicated to the novelist, screenwriter and film-maker responsible for many and varied classics such as Shogun, The Fly, and one of the best films ever made, The Last Valley!

Leonard Cohen has an official site at leonardcohen.com which provides news, info and an e-mail newsletter (site requires Flash)... or for more about the life and works of this great singer-songwriter, poet, novelist, go to the excellent fan-run resource site, The Leonard Cohen Files.

Philip K Dick - extensive site dedicated to the SF pioneer and visionary

Johnny Dowd Inventive musician and lyrical blues storyteller

Comprehensive Sherlock Holmes site with some info about his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle

Daphne Du Maurier Novelist and master of the short story

William Faulkner Huge academic site dedicated to one of the USA's greatest writers

Derek Dick, better known as Fish, the singer-songwriter-minstrel-poet...

Gavin Friday Performer and artist - one of Ireland's foremost creatives

William Gibson The first author to be called 'cyberpunk'...

Michael Gira and s w a n s Writer and musician with power, intensity and integrity

Dave Graney Another true poet making music

Dashiell Hammett Author of some classic crime-noir novels

Werner Herzog The dedicated German auteur film-maker

Bill Hicks Very angry, very funny and very true

An in-depth meta-essay about the ideas of Aldus Huxley with its focus on his classic novel, Brave New World, plus some related links

Henrik Ibsen Norwegian playwright (click the Union Jack for English version)

Washington Irving Author of early American Gothic tales, including The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow

Henry James Writer of traditional ghostly horror tales.

James Joyce The Irish literary prankster: many on-line resources.

Timothy Leary One of the twentieth century's most important thinkers - a future saint

Stanislaw Lem Soviet author (of Solaris and others)

Gordon Lightfoot One of the few true poets

Lydia Lunch Confrontationalist multi-media creator - a first in many fields

Christopher Marlowe The renaissance playwright, spy, and possibly the author of some plays claimed by Shakespeare(!?)

Cormac McCarthy One of the USA's most noteworthy contemporary writers

Frank Miller Writer-creator of striking comics, such as the Sin City series...

Henry Miller Site dedicated to the influencial and inspirational author, artist and 'father of the beats' with good content and a style true to Miller's exuberance and positivity

Momus aka Nicholas Currie, and his record label Analog Baroque

For a pretty cool and comprehensive Michael Moorcock website go to Multiverse for lots of info and resources related to the prolific pulp SF author - who also worked with Hawkwind...

Alan Moore Comic writer, novelist, occultist(?) - regularly up-dated and extensive fan site.

Michael Moore Journalist, documentary film-maker and TV personality who uses sharp wit and humour as tools of social change in a crusade against corporate crime and politic-powered injustice.

Anais Nin Site with nice design and content

Larry Niven Multi-award winning, highly readable, genre-defining, SF writer - creator of Ringworld and many other 'Known Space' novels

George Orwell Melding politics with creative writing in such works as 1984, Animal Farm, The Road To Wigan Pier...

Robert Pirsig The Quality of Truth and the Truth about Quality can be sought through Zen And The Art Of Motorcyle Maintenance

Edgar Allan Poe Poe resource site with many links

William Shakespeare Good site dedicated to 'The Bard', with extensive links to on-line resources. An excellent starting point for finding all things Shakespearian... And this site offers the Complete Works on-line and downloadable!

Serj Tankian Politicised poetry and words from visionary front man of power-charged rock outfit System Of A Down

Dylan Thomas Information and resources related to the life and word-craft of the famous Welsh drinker

The Tolkien Society website with loads of Tolkien features and facilities. There is also a very thorough fan page with a huge list of other web pages and on-line resources relating to J R R Tolkien and his works...

A E Van Vogt Good starting point for information on this pioneer SF author, his works and connections with Null-A and General Semantics...

Kurt Vonnegut A very thorough resources site for anything related to the satirist and SF author of unrivalled stature, and his alter-ego Kilgour Trout

Scott Walker Towering above all - writer and musician of godlike genius

Walt Whitman The inspired and inspiring 'American bard', author of Leaves Of Grass

Oscar Wilde Notable and quotable - one of the literary giants

Charles Willeford Writer of off-beat crime novels featuring 'compassionate psychos'

Robert Anton Wilson Psychology, philosophy, conspiracy, comedy - this guy's got it all!

W B Yeats Good starting point for finding resources on the web about the great poet William Butler Yeats.

Emile Zola French author of some classic tales.