Synopses & Reviews
"This will be the basic tool for researchers studying the 100-year history of science fiction, fantasy, and weird fiction magazines." Reference Books Bulletin
Review
A collection of publishing histories and editorial policies of 279 English language magazines that publish science fiction, fantasy, and weird fiction in the 20th century would be a significant reference book by itself. Add sections on anthology series, academic periodicals, fanzines, and non-English language magazines and such a work becomes indispensable. In this guide, the length of an entry generally depends on the significance of the magazine under discussion, varying from one to two pages (e.g., Macabre; Space Adventure, to 35 pages (Amazing Stories), or 43 pages (Analog). Contributors are knowledgable (some were editors of the magazines they discuss) and the volume editors are well-known scholars in the field. . . . Intended to provide a historical context for the catalog of magazines, Thomas Clareson's introduction becomes a defense of the genre and describes the difficulty of defining `science fiction.' A worthy companion to Michael Cook's Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines.Choice