Interzone (magazine)

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Interzone

description Science fiction magazine
Area of ​​Expertise Science fiction, fantasy
language English
publishing company TTA Press (United Kingdom)
Headquarters Witcham
First edition 1982
founder John Clute, Alan Dorey, Malcolm Edwards, Colin Greenland, Graham James, Roz Kaveney, Simon Ounsley, David Pringle
Frequency of publication bi-monthly
editor Andy Cox
Web link ttapress.com/interzone/
ISSN (print) 0264-3596

Interzone is an English-language science fiction magazine that first appeared in the spring of 1982. It is now the UK's longest running science fiction magazine.

history

The editorial group initially consisted of John Clute , Alan Dorey, Malcolm Edwards, Colin Greenland , Graham James, Roz Kaveney, Simon Ounsley and David Pringle . Gradually most of these dropped out until, from No. 25 (1988), David Pringle was the sole editor. Initially the magazine appeared quarterly, from issue 25 onwards every two months. In the spring of 2004, Pringle gave up the editor and the magazine appeared from then on in a different format by TTA Press and was edited by Andy Cox.

The original goal was to do something like Michael Moorcock's New Worlds for the 1980s, a magazine that "only publishes great stories and that is a suitable platform for new writers." In fact, there were a number of important science fiction - Authors made their debut at Interzone , including Stephen Baxter , Greg Egan , Kim Newman , Alastair Reynolds and Charles Stross .

content

The content consists of news, reviews, and reviews of new releases in science fiction literature and film on the one hand and the reprint of science fiction short stories on the other. The critical part includes some columns , some of which have been in existence for many years . The following are to be mentioned:

  • David Langford's Ansible (News, Miscellaneous & Obituaries),
  • Tony Lee's Laser Fodder (New DVD Releases) and
  • Nick Lowes Mutant Popcorn (Movie Reviews)

In 2010, Lowe received the British Science Fiction Award for his column .

Collected contributions have appeared in several anthologies :

  • John Clute, Colin Greenland, David Pringle: Interzone - The 1st Anthology. Everyman Fiction, 1985.
  • John Clute, David Pringle, Simon Ounsley: Interzone - The 2nd Anthology. Simon & Schuster, 1987.
  • John Clute, David Pringle, Simon Ounsley: Interzone - The 3rd Anthology. Simon & Schuster, 1988.
  • John Clute, David Pringle, Simon Ounsley: Interzone - The 4th Anthology. Simon & Schuster, 1989.
  • John Clute, David Pringle, Simon Ounsley: Interzone - The 5th Anthology. New English Library Paperbacks, 1991.
  • David Pringle: The Best of Interzone. Voyager, 1996.

Interzone Readers Poll

Similar to the Locus Award , Interzone has been awarding a prize for the best story every year since 1984. Between 2003 and 2005 the prize was not awarded. Since 2007 there has also been a prize category for science fiction art.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alan Dorey: Celebrating 25 Years of Interzone. In: Interzone No. 212 , September – October 2007, pp. 4–5: something that would publish only great fiction and be a proper outlet for new writers .