''Science Fiction'' magazine (subtitled "A Review of Speculative Literature") is a long running science fiction critical journal published in Australia by SF academic

Van Ikin Van Ikin (born 25 November 1951) is an academic and science fiction writer and editor. A professor in English at the University of Western Australia, he retired from teaching in 2015 and is now a senior honorary research fellow. He has acted as ...

from the

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and later the

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. Contributing editors have included writer

Terry Dowling Terence William (Terry) Dowling (born 21 March 1947), is an Australian writer and journalist. He writes primarily speculative fiction though he considers himself an "imagier" – one who imagines, a term which liberates his writing from the cons ...

(who also did important reviewing and critical work in early issues) and book collector and reviewer Keith Curtis. According to

John Clute John Frederick Clute (born 12 September 1940) is a Canadian-born author and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy literature who has lived in both England and the United States since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part o ...

and Peter Nicholls, "Intended to be a reputable academic journal, as the editorial addresses suggest, SF - ARoSL has oscillated a little uneasily between the academic and the fannish, but has nevertheless published good critical features. Until the more regular and perhaps livelier ''Australian Science Fiction Review: Second Series'' appeared in 1986, this was the main repository for Australian sf criticism (especially since its main rival, ''SF Commentary'', was notably irregular in the 1980s), publishing interesting material by its editors by

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, George Turner and others."

Editions

The first issue appeared in 1977. 30 issues had appeared by 1990. No 47 (Vol 18, No 1) appeared in 2016. The most recent issues appeared in 2019. Currently the journal appears at long, less-than-annual intervals.

Contributors

Contributors over the years have included the following: *

Bruce Gillespie Bruce Gillespie (born 1947) is a prominent Australian science fiction fan best known for his long-running sf fanzine ''SF Commentary''. Along with Carey Handfield and Rob Gerrand, he was a founding editor of Norstrilia Press, which published G ...

Richard Harland Richard Harland (born 15 January 1947 in Yorkshire) is an English fantasy and science fiction writer, living in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in 1947 in Huddersfield, United Kingdom and migrated to Australia in 1970. He has been an aca ...

Peter McNamara Peter McNamara (5 July 1955 – 20 July 2019) was an Australian tennis player and coach. McNamara won five singles titles and nineteen doubles titles in his career. A right-hander, McNamara reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 14 March ...

Cover artists

Cover artwork for ''Science Fiction'' has been contributed predominantly by Dane Ikin and Nick Stathopoulos.

References

External links

''Science Fiction'' magazine home page

Details on past editions''Science Fiction'' (Australia)
at Galactic Central * {{DEFAULTSORT:Science Fiction - A Review of Speculative Literature 1977 establishments in Australia Magazines published in Australia Magazines established in 1977 Science fiction magazines Irregularly published magazines