Science-Fiction Rebels: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1981 to 1990

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.

• List of TablesPrefaceNote on TerminologyAcknowledgementsChronologyChapter 1: Before the Revolution: Bastion of ExcellenceChapter 2: The First Revolution: Cyberpunk DaysThe McCarthy YearsThe Impact of OmniCyberpunk DazeThe Analog DimensionDozois in ChargeAmazing RebirthChapter 3: The First Interlude: The Dark CornersTwilight ZoneHorror StruckChapter 4: The Second Revolution: The British Hard-SF RenaissanceOut of the WildernessInterzoneBeyond InterzoneChapter 5: The Second Interlude: Other WorldsÉireCanadaAustraliaFar CornersChapter 6: The Third Rebellion: The SF UndergroundSF RenegadesDangerous PulphouseChapter 7: Postlude: Back to BasicsStuck on the Launch PadShared WorldsSmall-Press EndeavoursMagazine with a MissionA Qualified SuccessA Problem Shared … Chapter 8: EpilogueAppendix 1: Non-English-Language Science-Fiction MagazinesAppendix 2: Checklist of English-Language Science-Fiction MagazinesAppendix 3: Directory of Magazine Editors and PublishersAppendix 4: Directory of Magazine Cover ArtistsAppendix 5: Schedule of Magazine Circulation FiguresSelect BibliographyAddenda and CorrigendaIndex

‘This fourth volume in Mike Ashley’s comprehensive chronology of the SF magazines offers more of what came before it: a breath-taking depth and breadth of SF knowledge written in clear, comprehensible prose by an experienced and capable writer of encyclopaedias and anthologies… these books represent a supreme effort of scholarship and history-making, and they will be an invaluable tool to academics and fans alike.’ John McLoughlin, Fafnir