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Mike Ashley's acclaimed history of science-fiction magazines comes to the 1980s with Science Fiction Rebels: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1981 to 1990. This volume charts a significant revolution throughout science fiction, much of which was driven by the alternative press, and by new editors at the leading magazines. The period saw the emergence of the cyberpunk movement, and the drive for what David Hartwell called 'The Hard SF Renaissance', which was driven from within Britain. Ashley plots the rise of many new authors in both strands: William Gibson, John Shirley, Bruce Sterling, John Kessel, Pat Cadigan and Rudy Rucker in cyberpunk, and Stephen Baxter, Alistair Reynolds, Peter Hamilton, Neal Asher and Robert Reed in hard sf. He also shows how the alternative magazines looked to support each other through alliances, which allowed them to share and develop ideas as science fiction evolved.
Contents
List of Tables
Preface
Note on Terminology
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Chapter 1: Before the Revolution: Bastion of Excellence
Chapter 2: The First Revolution: Cyberpunk Days
The McCarthy Years
The Impact of Omni
Cyberpunk Daze
The Analog Dimension
Dozois in Charge
Amazing Rebirth
Chapter 3: The First Interlude: The Dark Corners
Twilight Zone
Horror Struck
Chapter 4: The Second Revolution: The British Hard-SF Renaissance
Out of the Wilderness
Interzone
Beyond Interzone
Chapter 5: The Second Interlude: Other Worlds
Éire
Canada
Australia
Far Corners
Chapter 6: The Third Rebellion: The SF Underground
SF Renegades
Dangerous Pulphouse
Chapter 7: Postlude: Back to Basics
Stuck on the Launch Pad
Shared Worlds
Small-Press Endeavours
Magazine with a Mission
A Qualified Success
A Problem Shared ...
Chapter 8: Epilogue
Appendix 1: Non-English-Language Science-Fiction Magazines
Appendix 2: Checklist of English-Language Science-Fiction Magazines
Appendix 3: Directory of Magazine Editors and Publishers
Appendix 4: Directory of Magazine Cover Artists
Appendix 5: Schedule of Magazine Circulation Figures
Select Bibliography
Addenda and Corrigenda
Index