FantLab:Лаборатория Фантастики

Fantastic Laboratory (also abbreviated as FantLab or FantLab) is the largest and most authoritative Russian-language online resource dedicated to science fiction and fantasy
in all its forms: from science fiction and cyberpunk to urban fantasy and mysticism. It is a kind of encyclopedia,
database, and social network for fans of genre literature.
Several main goals of the site:
- the most complete and reliable bibliographies of science fiction authors
- book and author ratings based on visitor votes, reviews
- personality-oriented recommendations
- genre classification of works
- publishing plans, rumors, and gossip
- awards and prizes
- forum
- author columns
- science fiction terms and worlds
Link to the site: fantlab.ru
The FantLab mobile client partially replicates the main sections of the site and is designed to facilitate navigation when using a mobile device. The app currently has the following sections:
Sidebar Sections:
- Authors, Books (a section containing lists of authors, translators, artists, narrators, publishers, multi-author series, anthologies, book series, magazines,
terms, and an atlas of worlds). You can select these lists alphabetically and use various filters for a specific list. You can then navigate
to the corresponding pages with detailed information.
- Awards, Prizes (a section containing a list of various literary awards with sorting options).
- Visitors (a section where you can find a site user by entering their nickname)
- New Reviews (a section containing a list of new visitor reviews of authors' works)
- Settings (the app theme can be changed)
Bottom Navigation Bar Sections
- New Releases and Plans (this section consists of three parts: "New Science Fiction Releases," "Publisher Plans," and "Author Plans"). The New Releases tab displays a list
of currently published titles with the ability to switch between English and Russian versions, as well as filtering options, including by specific publisher. The Plans tab displays a list of upcoming titles, filterable in the same way as the New Releases tab. The Authors tab displays a list of their upcoming titles,
with the ability to navigate to a specific author or work, as well as filtering and changing the language.
- Author Columns (this section currently only allows you to view the most recent author columns by visitors, with a search option)
- Site News (this section contains key news related to the fantlab website)
- My Bookshelves (a section with the user's bookshelves, with the ability to edit them)
- Search (a section for searching authors, works, publications, terms, world atlases, and films)
Various screens are also available:
- Author (information about the author, biography, bibliography, publications, reviews of works, a list of similar authors, awards). You can also
add an author to the shelf.
- Work (information about the work, dates, rating, similar works, translators, editions, reviews, awards). You can add
a work to the shelf and rate it.
- Publication (information about the publication, dates, publisher, cover photos). You can add a publication to the shelf.