Science Fiction World

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Science Fiction World (Sci-Fi World; SFW) (科幻世界), began in 1979, is a monthly science fiction magazine published in the China, headquartered in Chengdu, Sichuan.[1] It dominates the Chinese Science fiction magazine market with a circulation of 300,000 copies per issue, with an estimate of 3-5 readers per copy (giving it a total readership of at least 1 million) therefore making it the world's most popular sci-fi periodical.[2]

On August 2007, the editor of Science Fiction World, Yang Xiao, organized the Chengdu International Science Fiction and Fantasy Festival, the largest such event ever held in China.[3] An estimated 4,000 Chinese fans attended the four-day festival.[4]

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  1. ^ Brave New World of Chinese Science Fiction
  2. ^ Science Fiction, Globalization, and the People's Republic of China
  3. ^ 2007 Science Imagination Future
  4. ^ Why a Canadian sci-fi author is loved in China

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