Science Fiction Rebels: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1981 to 1990

[...]there are tables showing award nominations, circulation figures, issues per publication and - ominously for anyone who has funded a magazine - the survival rates for titles year-by-year. For Ashley, the flame was kept burning by The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF) produced...

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Published inFoundation Vol. 47; no. 129; pp. 120 - 124
Main Author Hedgecock, Andy
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Dagenham Science Fiction Foundation 01.01.2018
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Audiences
Authorship
Bibliographic literature
Biographies
Collaboration
Editors
Fiction
Genre
Literary devices
Literary influences
Nominations
Publishing
Publishing industry
Readers
Science fiction & fantasy
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Writers
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Summary:[...]there are tables showing award nominations, circulation figures, issues per publication and - ominously for anyone who has funded a magazine - the survival rates for titles year-by-year. For Ashley, the flame was kept burning by The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF) produced 'on a shoestring' out of editor Ed Ferman's living room. According to Ashley, the magazine provided the bedrock for sf experimentation and regeneration in the 1980s, but the innovative work it facilitated tended to appeared in rival publications. Ashley recognizes the complex range of influences acting on the cyberpunk revolution - an ageing sf audience, the influence of other media and a heightened awareness of the potential of digital technologies, but is clear in establishing the important role individual editors played in catalysing change.
ISSN:0306-4964