''Vector'' is the critical

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of the

British Science Fiction Association The British Science Fiction Association Limited is an organisation founded in 1958 by a group of British academics, science fiction fans, authors, publishers and booksellers, in order to promote the writing, criticism, and study of science fiction ...

(BSFA), established in 1958.

History

The first issue of ''Vector'' was published in 1958 under the editorship of E. C. Tubb. The magazine was established as an irregular

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for members of the BSFA, founded in the same year, but "almost at once it began to produce

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s and

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s and

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, about the nature and state of

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." The magazine has changed format and periodicity many times over the years. Since 2018 it has been edited by

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and Jo Lindsay Walton. It currently focuses on articles and

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s, and is published "two to three times per year."

References

External links

Official website

Back issues

British Science Fiction Association

Archive of scanned issues

Vector index at ISFDB
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