Nova (magazine)
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| description | Science fiction magazine |
| language | German |
| publishing company | p.machinery , Murnau |
| First edition | 2002 |
| Frequency of publication | half-yearly |
| editor | Michael Haitel, Michael K. Iwoleit |
| Web link | nova-sf.de |
| ISSN (print) | 1864-2829 |
Nova is a German-language magazine for science fiction founded in 2002 by Ronald M. Hahn , Michael K. Iwoleit and Helmuth W. Mommers . The editors define the focus of the magazine on the new German-language science fiction short story. First publications make up the main part, supplemented by translations of international contributions as well as popular scientific articles and essays. With the exception of issue 20 (2012) published in the station bookstore, Nova is currently only available directly from the publisher and various internet platforms.
Nova counts next to fantastic! , Exodus and the Quarber Merkur are among the most important German science fiction magazines. Since the first edition, stories published in Nova have been nominated several times for the Kurd-Laßwitz-Prize and the German Science-Fiction-Prize (DSFP). Twice (2004 and 2006) a nominated story of it won the DSFP.
Nova appears (despite the self-designation as a magazine ) to this day in paperback or paperback format, with usually around 160-190 pages per issue, since issue 23 (published in 2015) slightly increased with around 230 pages (previous unusual outliers upwards: Issue 17 with approx. 230 pages and issue 24 with approx. 280 pages). In the 16 years of its existence (as of 2018), the price of Nova has been kept fairly constant at around EUR 13-14.
The current issue (as of June 2018) is issue 26.
history
Founder and Editor
Nova was founded in 2002 by Ronald M. Hahn, Michael K. Iwoleit and Helmuth W. Mommers. After Mommers left to devote himself to his anthology series Visionen , Olaf G. Hilscher took over his position in the editorial department until 2008 . He was followed by Frank Hebben . With the spring edition of 2012 Hahn retired from the editorial office due to age and Hebben withdrew because of other projects. Michael Haitel has been the current co-editor alongside Iwoleit since 2018 .
publishing company
Was scheduled Nova originally with two issues per year, this release cycle but could not always follow (including through a change of publisher). The first two editions were published by number one publishing house .
| output | Period | publishing company |
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| # 1-2 | 2002-2003 | Publishing house number one |
| # 3-9 | 2003-2006 | Self-published ( Books on Demand ) |
| # 10-17 | 2006-2011 |
( Ronald M. Hahn was named as the publisher ) |
| # 18-22 | 2011-2014 | Nova Publishing House |
| # 23-25 | 2015-2018 | Amrûn Publishing House |
With number 26 (2018) the magazine switched to p.machinery , whose owner Haitel is co-editor.
subtitle
| output | Period | subtitle |
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| # 1-11 | 2002-2007 | The German magazine for science fiction & speculation |
| # 12-17 | 2007-2011 | The magazine for science fiction & speculation |
| # 18 | 2011 | The German magazine for science fiction |
| # 19 | 2012 | The magazine for science fiction |
| # 20-22 | 2012-2014 | Science fiction magazine |
| since # 23 | since 2015 | Science fiction |
See also
literature
- Sandra Uschtrin and Heribert Hinrichs (eds.): Handbook for authors . 8th edition. Uschtrin Verlag, Inning am Ammersee 2015, ISBN 978-3-932522-16-1 , p. 291 .
Web links
- official homepage
- Nova magazine in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)