Science fiction magazine

A science fiction magazine is a magazine that publishes primarily science fiction. Horror and fantasy fiction magazines, most notably Weird Tales, began earlier and have a life of their own which continues today. Science fiction magazines contain primarily fiction in short story, novelette, novella, or (usually serialized) novel form, but many also contain an editorial, book reviews, science fact articles or other features. From 1926 until the early 1950s, science fiction magazines were one of the main sources of written science fiction, and the most self-aware and creative school (or schools) of the literature. Today, there are relatively few science fiction magazine titles still for sale at newsstands, with most written science fiction appearing first in book form, but with a strengthening tread toward important work being published first on the Web. The World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) awarded a Hugo Award each year to the best science fiction magazine till changing that award to one for Best Editor in the early 1970s; the Best Semi-Professional Magazine award is usually contended for by a mixture of news-oriented magazines and little magazines in the field.

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Magazine - Science fiction - Horror - Fantasy fiction - Weird Tales - Short story - Novelette - Novella - Novel - Editorial - Book review - Science fact - 1950s - Web - World Science Fiction Convention - Hugo Award - Little magazine

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