Spectrum SF

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Spectrum SF
StatusDefunct
Founded1999
FounderPaul Fraser
Country of origin United Kingdom
Headquarters location Scotland
Publication types Periodicals
Fiction genres science fiction
Official website www.spectrumsf.co.uk previously www.spectrumpublishing.com

Spectrum SF was a paperback format magazine that published short and serial length works of science fiction. It was edited by Paul Fraser and published nine issues between 2000 and 2002. [1] [2]

The magazine published work by Charles Stross, Eric Brown, Mary Soon Lee, Alastair Reynolds, and Stephen Baxter. [3] [4] [5] Spectrum SF published the first appearance of the Laundry Files in The Atrocity Archive from Stross. [6]

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  2. "The Internet Speculative Fiction Database".
  3. Mann, George (March 2012). The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. ISBN   9781780337043.
  4. Dozois, Gardner (March 2012). The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 14: 14. ISBN   9781780337173.
  5. Inventory page. Archived from the original on 2001-04-05.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. Rich Horton. Locus Magazine.