<s>
The	B-Library
Internet	I-Library
Speculative	I-Library
Fiction	I-Library
Database	I-Library
(	O
ISFDB	B-Library
)	O
is	O
a	O
database	O
of	O
bibliographic	O
information	O
on	O
genres	O
considered	O
speculative	O
fiction	O
,	O
including	O
science	O
fiction	O
and	O
related	O
genres	O
such	O
as	O
fantasy	O
,	O
alternate	O
history	O
,	O
and	O
horror	O
fiction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ISFDB	B-Library
is	O
a	O
volunteer	O
effort	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
database	O
being	O
open	O
for	O
moderated	O
editing	O
and	O
user	O
contributions	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
wiki	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
database	O
editors	O
to	O
coordinate	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
site	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
books	O
and	O
tutorials	O
as	O
examples	O
of	O
database	B-Application
schema	I-Application
and	O
organizing	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ISFDB	B-Library
database	O
and	O
code	O
are	O
available	O
under	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
licensing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ISFDB	B-Library
database	O
indexes	O
speculative	O
fiction	O
(	O
science	O
fiction	O
,	O
fantasy	O
,	O
horror	O
,	O
and	O
alternate	O
history	O
)	O
authors	O
,	O
novels	O
,	O
short	O
fiction	O
,	O
essays	O
,	O
publishers	O
,	O
awards	O
,	O
and	O
magazines	O
in	O
print	O
,	O
electronic	O
,	O
and	O
audio	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
speculative	O
fiction	O
author	O
bibliographies	O
were	O
posted	O
to	O
the	O
USENET	B-Application
newsgroup	I-Application
rec.arts.sf.written	O
from	O
1984	O
to	O
1994	O
by	O
Jerry	O
Boyajian	O
,	O
Gregory	O
J	O
.	O
E	O
.	O
Rawlins	O
and	O
John	O
Wenn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
Al	O
von	O
Ruff	O
and	O
"	O
Ahasuerus	O
"	O
(	O
a	O
prolific	O
contributor	O
to	O
rec.arts.sf.written	O
)	O
started	O
to	O
construct	O
the	O
ISFDB	B-Library
,	O
based	O
on	O
experience	O
with	O
the	O
SFCH	O
and	O
the	O
bibliographic	O
format	O
finalized	O
by	O
John	O
Wenn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
ISFDB	B-Library
went	O
live	O
on	O
8	O
September	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
URL	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
January	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ISFDB	B-Library
was	O
first	O
located	O
at	O
an	O
ISP	O
in	O
Champaign	O
Illinois	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
suffered	O
from	O
constrained	O
resources	O
in	O
disk	O
space	O
and	O
database	O
support	O
,	O
which	O
limited	O
its	O
growth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1997	O
the	O
ISFDB	B-Library
moved	O
to	O
SF	O
Site	O
,	O
a	O
major	O
SF	O
portal	O
and	O
review	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
rising	O
costs	O
of	O
remaining	O
with	O
SF	O
Site	O
,	O
the	O
ISFDB	B-Library
moved	O
to	O
its	O
own	O
domain	O
in	O
December	O
2002	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
by	O
the	O
hosting	O
ISP	O
due	O
to	O
high	O
resource	O
usage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ISFDB	B-Library
moved	O
to	O
a	O
commercial	O
hosting	O
service	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISFDB	B-Library
was	O
originally	O
edited	O
by	O
a	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
people	O
,	O
principally	O
Al	O
von	O
Ruff	O
and	O
Ahasuerus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
ISFDB	B-Library
was	O
publicly	O
criticized	O
for	O
its	O
refusal	O
to	O
update	O
its	O
record	O
of	O
an	O
author	O
's	O
name	O
after	O
a	O
name	O
change	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
record	O
remained	O
uncorrected	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
ISFDB	B-Library
moderator	O
deploying	O
transphobic	O
talking	O
points	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
,	O
in	O
spite	O
of	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
maintaining	O
a	O
trans	O
author	O
's	O
deadname	O
violates	O
best	O
practices	O
and	O
recommendations	O
from	O
various	O
professional	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Cory	O
Doctorow	O
wrote	O
in	O
Science	O
Fiction	O
Age	O
that	O
"[T]he	O
best	O
all-round	O
guide	O
to	O
things	O
science-fictional	O
remains	O
the	B-Library
Internet	I-Library
Speculative	I-Library
Fiction	I-Library
Database	I-Library
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ISFDB	B-Library
was	O
the	O
winner	O
of	O
the	O
2005	O
Wooden	O
Rocket	O
Award	O
in	O
the	O
Best	O
Directory	O
Site	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chicon	O
8	O
committee	O
gave	O
a	O
special	O
committee	O
award	O
to	O
ISFDB	B-Library
during	O
their	O
opening	O
ceremonies	O
on	O
1	O
September	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
real-world	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
non-trivial	O
database	O
,	O
the	O
schema	B-Application
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
files	O
from	O
ISFDB	B-Library
have	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
tutorials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Schema	B-Application
and	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
site	O
were	O
used	O
throughout	O
Chapter	O
9	O
of	O
the	O
book	O
Rails	O
For	O
Java	O
Developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
tutorials	O
by	O
Lucid	O
Imagination	O
on	O
Solr	B-Language
,	O
an	O
enterprise	O
search	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Quantcast	B-Protocol
estimates	O
that	O
ISFDB	B-Library
is	O
visited	O
by	O
over	O
67,400	O
people	O
monthly	O
.	O
</s>
