SF Magazine
| SF Magazine SF マ ガ ジ ン
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| Area of Expertise | Science fiction |
| language | Japanese |
| publishing company | Hayakawa Shobo |
| First edition | December 1959 |
| Frequency of publication | Per month |
| Web link | Hayakawa online |
The SF Magazine ( Jap. SFマガジン Esu EFU Magajin ) is a monthly Japanese science fiction magazine, which of Hayakawa Shobō is published. It appears on the 25th of every month.
The first issue appeared in December 1959 in collaboration with the American fantasy magazine F&SF . The first editor-in-chief Masami Fukushima ( 福島 正 実 ) ushered in the golden age of Japanese science fiction. Initially, it mainly published translations by American authors, but later it also began to publish Japanese authors.
The first edition published stories by Robert Sheckley , Philip K. Dick , Isaac Asimov , Arthur C. Clarke , Ray Bradbury and others , among others .
In addition to hard science fiction in the narrower sense, it also publishes fantasy, wondrous stories and other things. There are several monthly columns, for example (They call me) Trek Daddy , as well as one-part and sequel stories .
Famous authors
- Shin'ichi Hoshi
- Sakyō Komatsu
- Yasutaka Tsutsui
- Taku Mayumura ( 眉 村 卓 )
- Ryū Miseki ( 光 瀬 龍 )
- Fujio Ishihara ( 石 原 藤 夫 )
- Jin Kusakami ( 草 上 仁 )
- Kō Hiura ( 火 浦 功 )
- Keigo Misaki ( 岬 兄 悟 )
- Osamu Tezuka
- Fujiko F. Fujio
- Kaoru Kurimoto ( 栗 本 薫 )
- Jun'ya Yokota ( 横 田 順 彌 )
- Makoto Shiina ( 椎 名 誠 )
- Brian Aldiss
- JG Ballard
- Greg Bear
- Samuel R. Delany
- Greg Egan
- Bruce Sterling
- James Tiptree, Jr.
- Cordwainer Smith
- Kurt Vonnegut