Interzone (magazine)

:"See Interzone (book) for the story by William S. Burroughs"Infobox Magazine
title = Interzone


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image_caption = First issue Cover
editor = David Pringle (till 2004), Andy Cox
editor_title = Editor
frequency = bimonthly
category = Science fiction magazine
company = TTA Press
firstdate = Spring 1982
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
website = [http://ttapress.com/category/interzone/ TTA Press/interzone]

"Interzone" is a British fantasy and science fiction magazine, published since 1982. Both genres are covered in the critical articles, but the original stories are mainly science fiction.

"Interzone" was initially produced by an "unpaid collective of eight people" (John Clute, Alan Dorey, Malcolm Edwards, Colin Greenland, Graham Jones, Roz Kaveney, Simon Ounsley and David Pringle) [Editorial by David Pringle, Interzone Vol 1 No 1 Spring 1982] . In 1984 it received a generous donation from Sir Clive Sinclair [Editorial by David Pringle and Colin Greenland, Interzone No 8 Summer 1984] . Furthermore it received support from the Arts Council of Great Britain , "Yorkshire Arts", and the "Greater London Arts Association". It was first published quarterly, from Spring 1982 to Issue 24, Summer 1988. It was then on a bi-monthly schedule from September/October 1988 to Issue 34, March/April 1990. For over a decade, it was then published monthly until several slippages of schedule reduced it to an effectively bi-monthly magazine in 2003. The founding editor, David Pringle, stepped down in early 2004, with issue 193. Andy Cox, of TTA Press, which publishes "The Third Alternative", then took ownership of Interzone, which has subsequently undergone a series of redesigns while maintaining high fiction standards.

The magazine was nominated several times for the Hugo award for best semiprozine, winning the award in 1995. In 2005 the Worldcon committee gave David Pringle a Special Award for his work on the magazine. In 2006, the Science Fiction Writers of America removed the magazine from its list of professional markets due to low rates and small circulation. [Gardner Dozois, The Year's Best Science Fiction, 2006] As of 2006 the magazine had a circulation of about 2-3,000. It pays semi-professional rates to writers. [ [http://www.duotrope.com/market_34.aspx Duotrope's Digest - Publication Details: Interzone ] ]

"Interzone" has been responsible for starting the careers of a number of important
science fiction writers, including Stephen Baxter, Greg Egan, Kim Newman, Alastair Reynolds and Charles Stross, as well as publishing works by established writers such as Brian Aldiss, J.G. Ballard, Iain M. Banks, Thomas M. Disch, William Gibson, Robert Holdstock, Gwyneth Jones, Terry Pratchett, Christopher Priest, John Sladek, Brian Stableford, Ian Watson and many others.

"Interzone" features regular columns by David Langford (Ansible Link - News & Gossip, Obituaries), "Tony Lee" (Laser Fodder - DVD Reviews) and "Nick Lowe" (Mutant Popcorn - Film Reviews).

In 2008 a Mundane SF issue was published, guest edited by Geoff Ryman, Julian Todd and Trent Walters. [cite web|url=http://ttapress.com/439/interzone-216-special-mundane-sf-issue-2/|title=Interzone 216: Special Mundane-SF issue|date=3 May 2008|author=Andy Cox|publisher=TTA Press]

Anthologies

In the first years, several anthologies were published.

* John Clute, Colin Greenland and David Pringle: "Interzone - The 1st Anthology", Everyman Fiction Limited, 1985
* John Clute, David Pringle and Simon Ounsley: "Interzone - The 2nd Anthology", Simon & Schuster Limited, 1987
* John Clute, David Pringle and Simon Ounsley: "Interzone - The 3rd Anthology", Simon & Schuster Limited, 1988
* John Clute, David Pringle and Simon Ounsley: "Interzone - The 4th Anthology", Simon & Schuster Limited, 1989
* John Clute, David Pringle and Simon Ounsley: "Interzone - The 5th Anthology", New English Library Paperbacks, 1991
* David Pringle: "The Best of Interzone", Voyager, 1996

The second through fourth anthologies were reissued by New English Library.

Footnotes

External links

* [http://ttapress.com/category/interzone/ Interzone]
* [http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/IZ/ Index of Interzone]