Table of 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

About the Author

Mike Ashley has specialised in the history of science fiction and fantasy for over fifty years. He is the author and editor of over 130 books that in total have sold more than a million copies worldwide. He received the Science Fiction Research Association's Pilgrim Award in 2002 for Lifetime Achievement in the field of science-fiction scholarship.

Reviews

The information Mike Ashley has put together is really astonishing: researchers of the field, and anyone who's interested in popular fiction of the period are going to find this book an immense help. Ashley has a skilled historian's sense of proportion...he picks up on the rise of various themes in Science Fiction and notes the importance of the blurring of the lines between genres... his work focuses on some of the most well-known aspects of science fiction literature. Ashley writes with skill, passion and insight. The excitement he feels for the genre is apparent on every page. The depth and breadth of the research is stunning, covering countriesas diverse as Uruguay, Croatia, Finland - and even Mongolia, which had a pocketbook sf magazine between 1976 and 1990.