is a
science fiction magazine published by
Hayakawa Shobō
is a Japanese publishing company, founded in 1945 by Kiyoshi Hayakawa. It is the largest science fiction publisher in Japan; almost all winners of the Seiun Award for Best Foreign Novel are published by the company.
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Japan
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It was Japan’s first successful science fiction
prozine.
History
''S-F Magazine'' was established in 1960.
It began publication with the February 1960 issue, which appeared in bookshops in December 1959. The magazine was established by
Masami Fukushima
was a Japanese science fiction editor, author, critic, and translator. As the first chief editor of ''SF Magazine'', he helped popularize science fiction in Japan and became known as the "Demon of SF". His real name is . He also used the pen name ...
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It 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.
It became a bimonthly publication from the April 2015 issue.
Awards
''S-F Magazine'' has conducted where the magazine’s readers vote annually for best foreign short story, best Japanese short story and best illustrator from their issues in the previous year since 1989.
It also held during 1962-1992 and resumed in 2013, a prize for unpublished works to recruit new writers.
Famous contributors
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Brian Aldiss
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J. G. Ballard
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Greg Bear
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Ted Chiang
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Samuel R. Delany
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Greg Egan
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Bruce Sterling
Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the ''Mirrorshades'' anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre.
Sterling's first ...
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James Tiptree, Jr.
Alice Bradley Sheldon (born Alice Hastings Bradley; August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author better known as James Tiptree, Jr., a pen name she used from 1967 to her death. It was not publicly known ...
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Cordwainer Smith
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Kurt Vonnegut
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Izumi Suzuki
See also
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Japanese science fiction
References
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