Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
- Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
Infobox Magazine
title = Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
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frequency = every two months
category = Science fiction magazine
firstdate = June 2002
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country = Australia
editor = Robbie Matthews
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"Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine" or "ASIM" is a fantasy and science fiction magazine and webzine published out of Glenn Innes, New South Wales, Australia. The publishers of "ASIM" describe it as "Australia's Pulpiest SF Magazine". The magazine is currently edited by Robbie Matthews and is published every other month. Although originally sold only in Australia, subscriptions for "ASIM" are now available worldwide through Amazon.com and other online vendors.
History
The first issue of "Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine" was released in June 2002 as a slightly larger than digest size print magazine. Although the publishers of "ASIM" continue to offer it as a print magazine, in April 2006 they began releasing an electronic PDF version of the magazine beginning with issue #22. In June 2007 "ASIM" released a series of "best of" anthologies in the PDF format. There are a total of three anthologies in the series; one for science fiction, one for fantasy and one for horror. As of August 2008, "Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine" has published a total of 35 issues.
Awards and recognition
The launch of "Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine" won a Ditmar Award in 2003 as the "Best Australian Production", and two stories published in the magazine tied for the Sir Julius Vogel Award in 2004 as "Best Short Story". In addition the magazine and works published in it have been nominated for twelve Ditmar and five Aurealis Award. [cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Mags12.html#506 |title=The Locus Index to SF Awards] In 2008 ASIM won a special Sir Julius Vogel Award for services to New Zealand science fiction. [cite web |url=http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/sjv/sjvResults-2008.shtml |title=Sir Julius Vogel Award Results]
Reviews
* Many issues of "ASIM" have been reviewed at Tangent Short Fiction Review [ [http://www.tangentonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=4&id=119&Itemid=260 Tangent Short Fiction Review] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.andromedaspaceways.com/ "Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine"]
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