Fantastyka
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Fantastyka (est 1982, in 1990 renamed Nowa Fantastyka), is a Polish science fiction and fantasy monthly magazine.
Established in 1982 by Adam Hollanek, Fantastyka was most probably the first science-fiction-oriented monthly magazine in the whole Eastern bloc. It became known as one of few magazines to publish both foreign and Polish short stories, as well as full-length novels in instalments. Between 1990 and 1992 its editor-in-chief was Lech Jęczmyk, followed by Maciej Parowski and Arkadiusz Nakoniecznik. In March 2006 Paweł Matuszek took over.
Today Fantastyka is dedicated predominantly to short stories, but also to articles on modern science, film and book reviews and comic pages. In addition, it brings fandom and convent news.
Apart from Nowa Fantastyka, there have been several periodical variations of the title:
- Mała Fantastyka (1987-1989) - an sf/fantasy quarterly for children
- Komiks-Fantastyka (1980s-1991) - comic books, in 1991 changed the name to Komiks
- Nowa Fantastyka - Wydanie specjalne (since 2003) - a quarterly with longer stories and novels
- Czas Fantastyki - (since 2004) - a bimonthly with literary criticism, essays and prose
Fantastyka featured stories by Philip K. Dick, J. R. R. Tolkien, Anthony Burgess, Orson Scott Card, Kir Bulychov, and many other acclaimed writers. It was there that most of modern Polish sf/fantasy writers made their debut. Among them are Andrzej Sapkowski, Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz and Konrad T. Lewandowski. Finally, on the middle pages that used to be devoted to art, Fantastyka featured many renowned artists, including Enki Bilal, Wojciech Siudmak, Zdzisław Beksiński, Jacek Yerka and Jerzy Skarżyński
[edit] See also
- Fenix, another Polish sf magazine
- Science fiction magazine
- Fantasy fiction magazine
- Horror fiction magazine
