''Science Fiction'' (full title: ''Science Fiction, Fantasy i Horror'') was a Polish
speculative fiction monthly
magazine. It was established in 2001 under the name ''Science Fiction'' by
Robert J. Szmidt
Robert Jerzy Szmidt (born 26 July 1962 in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish science fiction and fantasy writer, translator and journalist.
Biography
Szmidt trained as a sailor, however, he never worked as one. In the late 80s and early 90s, he was ...
, who was also the first editor. It is geared mostly towards
Polish fantasy and science fiction
Science fiction and fantasy in Poland dates to the late 18th century. During the latter years of the People's Republic of Poland, a very popular genre of science fiction was social science fiction. Later, many other genres gained prominence.
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, but occasionally publishes translations, primarily from non-English languages. The headquarters was in
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most populo ...
.
In 2005 the magazine was renamed to ''Science Fiction, Fantasy i Horror''. Since 2009 it is published by
Fabryka Słów. Later editor was
Rafał Dębski.
Notable authors who were associated with the magazine include
Feliks W. Kres
Witold Chmielecki (1 June 1966 – 14 October 2022), better known by the pseudonym of Feliks Wiktor Kres, was a Polish fantasy writer.
Life
He debuted with his short story "Mag" (''Mage''), submitted to a writing contest of the ''Fantastyka'' m ...
,
Andrzej Pilipiuk
Andrzej Pilipiuk (born 20 March 1974 in Warsaw), Polish humoristic science-fiction and fantasy author. He debuted in 1996 with short story "Hiena", which featured the first appearance of Jakub Wędrowycz, an alcoholic exorcist. Since that time, P ...
,
Jarosław Grzędowicz
Jarosław Grzędowicz (born 3 May 1965) is a Polish science-fiction and fantasy writer. His first published piece was a short story in 1982. He was one of the founders of ''Fenix'' magazine in 1990 and its chief editor from 1993 till its suspe ...
,
Romuald Pawlak,
Adam Cebula
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as ...
,
Marek Żelkowski
Marek is the West Slavic (Czech, Polish and Slovak) masculine equivalent of Marcus, Marc or Mark. The name may refer to:
* Marek (given name)
* Marek (surname)
* Marek, the pseudonym of Bulgarian communist Stanke Dimitrov (1889–1944)
* The t ...
,
Wiktor Żwikiewicz
Wiktor Żwikiewicz (19 March 1950) is a Polish writer of science fiction.
Biography
in the 1970s and 1980s he published a number of short stories, collected in four anthologies, as well as for novels. He also authored two theatre plays. His w ...
,
Jacek Dukaj
Jacek Józef Dukaj (born 30 July 1974) is a Polish science fiction and fantasy writer. He has received numerous literary prizes including the European Union Prize for Literature and Janusz A. Zajdel Award.
Career
He was born on 30 July 197 ...
.
From 2004 the magazine sponsored the
Nautilus Award
Nautilus Award was a Polish science fiction and fantasy award created by Robert J. Szmidt of the '' Science Fiction magazine''. The award is named after the cephalopod
A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek pl ...
.
The magazine ceased publication in 2012.
References
External links
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2012 disestablishments in Poland
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