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New SF Mags LaunchedPosted by Joel Martinsen, January 28, 2005 12:29 PM
![]() Science Fiction Story, 《科幻•文学秀》, which ran three trial issues last year, sends out its inaugural issue in March. The cover of the second trial issue, from October, is shown below. Another entry into this confusion of names is Fantasy Story, 《幻界Story》, a series of three magazines published out of Yunnan province. The December issue of the SF edition is shown below; the agency also has young reader and horror-themed editions. These three, published in 32K versions, do not compete directly with the larger, glossier (and more expensive) 16K books. If you notice similarities among the covers shown here and in the links, it is entirely intentional. While interesting SF art will occasionally find its way to the front of a magazine, the vast majority feature "cover girls" that have only a passing relationship to the stories within. Rumor has it that one publisher's promotion department requires that ten covers of twelve each year must feature a beautiful girl.
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