Science Fiction Chronicle
| Editor | Andrew I. Porter for most of its run |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly / bimonthly |
| Publisher | Algol Press (until 2000) DNA Publications |
| Founded | October 1979 |
| First issue | October 1979 |
| Final issue Number | June 2006 267 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Radford, Virginia |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0195-5365 (print) 1930-3858 (web) |
| OCLC | 5509898 |
Science Fiction Chronicle (later, just Chronicle) was an American science fiction magazine (also called semiprozine) published from 1979 to 2006.[1] It was named Science Fiction Chronicle until 2002 and from then until 2006, just Chronicle.[2] It had a subtitles such as the Monthly SF and Fantasy News Magazine and SF, Fantasy and Horror's Monthly Trade Journal.[2][3][4]
History
[edit]Science Fiction Chronicle was founded, and initially owned and published by Andrew I. Porter. He sold Science Fiction Chronicle to DNA Publications in May 2000[2] and was fired from it in 2002 (which led to "swirling rumors" in the science fiction circles[5]).[1]
Porter was also the initial editor of the magazine for about two decades, until 2002.[1][2] According to ISFDb, from 2001 to 2006 the editor of Chronicle was Warren Lapine;[2] SFE instead lists later editors as (from #229, October 2002) John R. Douglas and (from #257, April 2005) Ian Randal Strock.[1]
Science Fiction Chronicle was initially a section of from Porter's older magazine (fanzine), Algol; appearing there first in 1978. It became an independent publication with its Issue 1 in October 1979.[1] The magazine was published first monthly, then bimonthly, then monthly again. It circulation reached its highest number around 2001, with over 10,000 issues.[1] Its last issue was #267 in June 2006.[1]
Content
[edit]Among its articles, Science Fiction Chronicle published literary criticism, news, information related to fandom, interviews related to the genre, information on the science fiction literary market and fiction.[1][6] Its content included, among others, interviews with Michael Kandel, Michael Swanwick and George Zebrowski.[7]
Its contributors included Vincent Di Fate, Jo Fletcher, Harris Lentz III, Frederik Pohl,Jeff Rovin and Robert Silverberg.[8]
Awards and reception
[edit]Porter received a Special Award at the Worldcon in 1991 for his "years of continuing excellence" in editing Science Fiction Chronicle.[1] The magazine was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine numerous time, winning the award twice (consecutively in 1993 and 1994).[9][10]
Gardner Dozois described it as "not quite as vital as Locus" but "also full of interesting information".[11] Peter Nicholls and David Langford also remarked that its "coverage was not as broad" as that of Locus; although it also covered some other topics. They noted that it was "something of an East Coast institution" and that it "offered an alternative voice for the sf community".[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "SFE: Science Fiction Chronicle". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ a b c d e "Series: Science Fiction Chronicle/Chronicle". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "n2:0195-5365 - Search Results". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ^ "n2:1930-3858 - Search Results". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
- ^ Dozois, Gardner (2007-04-01). The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection. St. Martin's Publishing Group. pp. xix. ISBN 978-1-4299-0383-7.
- ^ Mettee, Stephen Blake, ed. (2007). The portable writer's conference: your guide to getting published. Saner, Calif: Quill Driver Books/Word Dancer Press. p. 369. ISBN 978-1-884956-57-7.
- ^ Schweitzer, Darrell (2004-01-01). Speaking of the Fantastic II. Wildside Press LLC. pp. ii. ISBN 978-0-8095-1072-6.
- ^ Science Fiction Chronicle v15n01 (1993 10).
- ^ "1993 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Award. 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "1994 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Award. 2007-07-28. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ Dozois, Gardner (2006-07-11). The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection. St. Martin's Publishing Group. pp. xxi. ISBN 978-1-4299-9345-6.
External links
[edit]- Official website (http://www.sfsite.com) (archival version from the Internet Archive, December 2000)
- All issues of the Chronicle in the Internet Archive
- Science Fiction Chronicle entry with some issues at fanac.org