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Spectrum SF

Newest Review: ... fiction that was most certainly of the science fiction genre. The name, ‘Spectrum SF’, was, I thought at the ... more

... time, slightly tacky, although I since seem to have become used to it, although the other instantly negative opinion I formed about the magazine, that of it’s covers being rather drab and plain (and boring!), still holds to this day. Upon receiving the first issue the first thing I noticed was that the magazine published novellas — quite a treat, since even Interzone doesn’t usually publish these — and serials, and was laid out very professionally internally, with a novel-style format which is ve...more

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Spectrum SF (544 words)
by Brett Bligh - written on 28/08/00 (Very useful, 29 readings)
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Apart from the excellent Interzone, there is very little short science fiction published in magazines in Britain today; Odyssey folded after a shaky but very promising start, whilst other related fiction magazines, such as The Third Alternative, The Edge, and Back Brain Recluse seem reluctant (or even somewhat embarrassed) to tackle the genre head on, instead specialising in literary surrealism which is occasionally interesting but which will hardly, I believe, be successful in launching the career of a successful British science fiction writer which is, I believe, the primary reason why short fiction is so important in the first place. Anthologies, also, are of little ...

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