S-F Magazine
Hayakawa Shobō | |
Country | Japan |
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Based in | Tokyo |
Language | Japanese |
Website | Official site |
S-F Magazine (S-Fマガジン, Esu-Efu Magajin) is a
It was Japan’s first successful commercial science fiction magazine.History
S-F Magazine was established in 1960.[1] It began publication with the February 1960 issue, which appeared in bookshops in December 1959.[2] The magazine was established by Masami Fukushima[3] and was also first edited by him.
He was the editor for nearly a decade, being succeeded by Masaru Mori in 1969. At first the magazine published translations of English language science fiction stories. Later, the magazine began publishing original fiction by Japanese authors.
S-F Magazine was published on a monthly basis.[1] It became a bimonthly publication from the April 2015 issue.
Awards
S-F Magazine has conducted
It also held Hayakawa SF Contest (ハヤカワ・SFコンテスト, Hayakawa Esuefu Kontesuto) during 1962-1992 and resumed in 2013, a prize for unpublished works to recruit new writers.
Notable contributors
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- Brian Aldiss
- J. G. Ballard
- Greg Bear
- Ted Chiang
- Samuel R. Delany
- Greg Egan
- Bruce Sterling
- James Tiptree Jr.
- Cordwainer Smith
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Izumi Suzuki
- Brahim Nekkach
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-134-98360-5. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-84631-003-4. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-470-79701-3. Retrieved 16 September 2016.