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Internet Speculative Fiction Database (2002)
This page is an official record.
- Cost
- 4 RAM
- Power
- 8
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Institutions
- Era
- Dot-com (1999 to 2002)
- Collection
- The Establishment
What it does
On reveal: If an enemy card was revealed here earlier this round, +2 Power to this card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 4 RAM to play and brings 8 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Institutions cards protect your side, and come back strong when you're losing.
The site, in 2002
A volunteer-built database of science fiction, fantasy and horror books, authors, magazines and cover artists.
By June 2025 it had catalogued 2,380,108 story titles from 283,651 authors. Its data and code have been under Creative Commons licence since 2005, and its schema turns up in programming tutorials.
In 2002: Moved to its own domain in December, then was shut down by its host for heavy use. It found a home at Texas A&M early in 2003.
Dot-com era, 1999 to 2002. Glossy buttons, big money and a bug called Y2K. Some of these companies were worth billions for about a fortnight.
The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2002 page.
Put it on your site
Run Internet Speculative Fiction Database, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 2002. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2002, then plays a short scene. Want Internet Speculative Fiction Database in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
