SF Magazine
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SF Magazine is a science fiction magazine in Japan. It began publication with the February 1960 issue, which appeared in bookshops at the end of 1959. It was Japan’s first successful prozine.
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[edit] History
SF Magazine was first edited by Masami Fukushima. He was the editor for nearly a decade, being succeeded by Masaru Mori in 1969. At first the magazine published translations of English language science fiction stories. Later the magazine began publishing original fiction by Japanese authors.
[edit] Awards
SF Magazine is host to Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award where the magazine’s readers vote annually for best foreign short story, best Japanese short story and best illustrator.
[edit] Famous contributors
- Brian Aldiss
- J. G. Ballard
- Greg Bear
- Samuel R. Delany
- Greg Egan
- Bruce Sterling
- James Tiptree, Jr
- Cordwainer Smith
- Kurt Vonnegut
