Foundation (journal)

Foundation
DisciplineScience fiction studies
LanguageEnglish
Edited byPaul March-Russell
Publication details
History1972–present
Publisher
FrequencyTriannually
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Foundation
Indexing
ISSN0306-4964
LCCN79644907
OCLC no.470148578
Links

Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction is a critical peer-reviewed literary journal established in 1972 that publishes articles and reviews about science fiction. It is published triannually (spring, summer, and winter) by the Science Fiction Foundation. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction has called it "perhaps the liveliest and indeed the most critical of the big three critical journals"[1] (the others being Extrapolation and Science Fiction Studies). A long-running feature was the series of interviews and autobiographical pieces with leading writers, entitled "The Profession of Science Fiction", a selection of which was edited and published by Macmillan Publishers in 1992. Several issues have been themed, including #93 (A Celebration of British Science Fiction, 2005), also published as part of the Foundation Studies in Science Fiction. The hundredth edition (Summer 2007) was unusual in that it was an all-fiction issue, including stories by such writers as Vandana Singh, Tricia Sullivan, Karen Traviss, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, John Kessel, Nalo Hopkinson, Greg Egan, and Una McCormack.[2] Back issues of the journal are archived at the University of Liverpool's SF Hub[3] whilst more recent issues can be found electronically via the database providers ProQuest.

  1. ^ "Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Resources". Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Una McCormack. "Sea Change". Clarkesworld. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "SF Hub: Science Fiction Foundation Archive". University of Liverpool SF Hub. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2015.