Abyss & Apex
Magazine of Speculative Fiction, since Jan/Feb 2003; editor-in-chief Wendy S. Delmater
Format: Online
Frequency: Quarterly
http://www.abyssandapex.com/
Issue 35, 3rd Quarter 2010
Fiction by Erin Cashier, Jennifer Greylyn, Jamie Mason, Eilis O'Neal, Gwendolyn Clare.
Flash fiction by Kit St. Germain.
Poetry by Rich Ives, Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Shivani Sivagurunathan, and Joshua Gage.
(Thu 22 Jul 2010)
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Literary adventure fantasy, since 2008; publisher and editor-in-chief Scott H. Andrews
Format: Online; PDF and ebook formats
Frequency: biweekly
http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/
Issue 47, July 15 2010
Two stories: The Terrorist by Yoon Ha Lee; Throwing Stones by Mishell Baker.
(Fri 23 Jul 2010)
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Clarkesworld
SF and fantasy fiction, nonfiction, and podcasts, since 2006; publisher/editor Neil Clarke, editor Sean Wallace, non-fiction editor Cheryl Morgan
Format: Online
Frequency: Monthly
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/
Issue 46, July 2010
Stories are by Sandra McDonald and Rahul Kanakia.
Nonfiction: an interview with artist Scott Eagle, and an article by Sarah Goslee about life support on long space flights.
There are also podcasts, read by Kate Baker, of the two stories.
(Fri 23 Jul 2010)
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Fantasy
Fantasy fiction, articles, and reviews, posted several times per week, since November 2005; publisher Sean Wallace, managing editor Cat Rambo
Format: Online
Frequency: near-daily
http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/
July 2010
Three stories have been posted so far in July: Violets for Lee by Desirina Boskovich, The Seal of Sulaymaan by Tracy Canfield, and The Stable Master's Tale, by Rachel Swirsky.
Recent nonfiction includes an author profile of Desirina Boskovich, book reviews by Rich Horton and Richard Dansky, and articles by Genevieve Valentine on summer fantasy movies and the film Eclipse.
(Fri 23 Jul 2010)
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Intergalactic Medicine Show
Fiction and interviews, since 2005; publisher and executive editor Orson Scott Card, editor Edmund R. Schubert
Format: Online, subscription access
Frequency: Irregular; two-five issues per year
http://www.intergalacticmedicineshow.com/
Issue 17, June 2010
Fiction is by Bud Sparhawk, Eric James Stone, Margit Schmitt, Von Carr, and Richard Wolkomir.
There's also a 'bonus serialization' of Orson Scott Card's "Eye for Eye", and YA story by David Lubar, an audio reading of Eric James Stone's story, and an interview with Paul Di Filippo by Darrell Schweitzer.
(Fri 23 Jul 2010)
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io9
Science fiction, science, and pop culture blog; launched January 2008; editor in chief Annalee Newitz, managing editor Charlie Jane Anders
Format: Online
Frequency: Daily
http://io9.com/
July 2010
Only a few of this site's posts are directly related to literary SF/F, such as biweekly "Blogging the Hugos" reviews by Josh Wimmer, most recently on Asimov's The Gods Themselves.
Other recent posts with some literary associations include The greatest dream cities in science fiction and fantasy and Words to live by: advice from 34 science fiction/fantasy authors.
Cecilia Tan reports from the Launch Pad Workshop about the Five best discoveries in astronomy over the past 20 years.
The site occasionally comments on or re-posts material from other sites, as with Hanna Waters' Why Scientists Should Read Science Fiction, Paul Kincaid's Why are three of this year's Hugo nominees about the decline of America?, an MSNBC story about Gregory and James Benford's SETI research, and a Publishers Weekly profile of Patrick Ness.
(Thu 22 Jul 2010)
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Lightspeed
Science fiction stories, original and reprint, plus features; edited by John Joseph Adams; debuted June 2010
Format: Online; ebook
Frequency: Monthly issues in ebook formats for purchase; weekly online updates free
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/
July 2010
Posts so far this month include fiction by Genevieve Valentine, Tobias S. Buckell, and Carol Emshwiller.
There are author spotlights on authors Valentine and Buckell, and nonfiction by Gregory K.H. Bryant, on airships, The Evil Monkey, on self-awareness, and Carol Pinchefsky, on time travel nightmares.
(Wed 21 Jul 2010)
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SF Signal
Daily blog of SF reviews, links, video clips, and commentary; online since 2003; regular contributors JP Frantz and John DeNardo
Format: Online
Frequency: Daily
http://www.sfsignal.com/
July 2010
This week's posts include an exclusive interview with Amelia Beamer with a review of her novel The Loving Dead, both by Karen Burnham.
A "Mind Meld" commentary on What 'Sword and Sorcery' Means to Me includes responses from Michael Moorcock, Joe Abercrombie, Garth Nix, Tanith Lee, Jonathan Strahan, Lou Anders, and others.
Other reviews are John DeNardo on Matthew Hughes' Hespira, Karen Burnham on Zamyatin's We, and Derek Johnson on Inception.
What's The Worst Award-Winner You've Read? solicits comments from fans.
(Thu 22 Jul 2010)
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SF Site
Reviews, interviews, feature, links; published by Rodger Turner since 1997
Format: Online
Frequency: Semi-monthly
http://www.sfsite.com/
mid-July 2010
The Mid-July issue (which will be archived as http://www.sfsite.com/home324.htm) has 20 reviews of books and audiobooks, covering titles by Charles Stross, Adam Roberts, Daryl Gregory, Robert J. Sawyer, and others. Reviewers include Ernest Lilley, D. Douglas Fratz, Rich Horton, and Michael M. Jones.
Columns include Book News gathered by Sandy Auden, New Arrivals compiled by Neil Walsh, and a graphic novels column by Rick Klaw and Mark London Williams.
The site also has a news blog and a discussion forum.
(Thu 22 Jul 2010)
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Strange Horizons
Fiction, art, articles, poetry, and reviews; founded September 2000; editor-in-chief Susan Marie Groppi
Format: Online
Frequency: Weekly; reviews posted three times a week
http://www.strangehorizons.com/
July 19 2010
Fiction and poetry: part 2 of The Bright and Shining Parasites of Guiyu, by Grady Hendrix; poetry by Rebecca Del Giorgio.
Reviews: Matt Denault, Niall Harrison, and Duncan Lawie cover works by Elizabeth Bear, Anna Lawrence Pietroni, and Aliette de Bodard.
(Thu 22 Jul 2010)
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Subterranean
Fiction and reviews, since 2007; head editor William K. Schafer
Format: Online
Frequency: Quarterly issues; periodic updates
http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/
Summer 2010
Posted so far from this issue are stories by Cory Doctorow, K.J. Parker, and Lucius Shepard -- the complete novella The Taborin Scale, published earlier this year in hardcover by Subterranean Press.
(Fri 23 Jul 2010)
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Tor.com
SF & fantasy fiction, reviews, commentary, founded 2008; staff includes fiction editors Patrick Nielsen Hayden and Liz Gorinsky
Format: Online
Frequency: Daily
http://www.tor.com/
July 2010
Tor.com is two years old this month, and the site is featuring paranormal romance and urban fantasy -- this link has a cumulative list of relevant posts.
Reviews: Jo Walton on Heinlein's Double Star and Delany's Times Square Red, Times Square Blue; John Klima on Hugo-nominated short stories; Brit Mandelo, under the recurring header "Queering SFF", looks at Gemma Files' A Book of Tongues.
Fiction: original stories by S.J. Day, Carole Nelson Douglas, John Scalzi, Shiloh Walker.
Several posts recap panels and events at Readercon earlier this month. Covering is beginning, today, of Comic-Con.
See the homepage's right sidebar for links to other recurring post themes -- rereads of Tolkien, Jordan, and Erikson; re-watches of Star Trek, Firefly; Jo Walton's suggestions, by letter, of where to start with various popular SF/F authors; and much more.
(Thu 22 Jul 2010)
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