Jeff Prucher, the science fiction dictionary editor we interview in this week's "Behind the Dictionary" feature, recommends these websites:

Tenser, Said the Tensor "frequently touches on the subject of language and science fiction."

Suzette Hayden Elgin's The Linguistics and Science Fiction Newsletter

The Oxford English Dictionary's Science Fiction Citation Project

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"How do I get my word in the dictionary?" This is a question that lexicographers in the Lounge and elsewhere are asked more often than you might expect. While it might be unkind to characterize the sort of person who asks the question, we hope it will be instructive to describe how new words actually make their way into dictionaries. That, in turn, should reveal why there are probably many better things to do in life than getting one's word in the dictionary. By doing some of them, you might get your word in anyway.  Continue reading...