Category: Introduction
Welcome
to the first of the 2020 issues of Future SF. In this issue we feature original
fiction from the Czech Republic, Catalonia, and Russia, as well as a reprint by
the inimitable Ken Liu. We also review Ken’s translation of Vagabonds by the Hugo-winner Hao
Jingfang, and interview the incoming CEO of Heavy
Metal....
As Future SF
enters its second year, we do so without a safety net.
Our first year’s run was sponsored by the Future Affairs
Administration. Together we were able to
publish a considerable amount of excellent international fiction, and we thank FAA
for their help and support as the magazine launched and found its footing....
The fall issue of
Future Science Fiction Digest is packed with fifty thousand words of fiction
from the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, China, Sweden, and Italy.
The primary theme
for this issue is “Alien Invasion.” While this theme may evoke
well-worn tropes from military science fiction novels, games, and movies, I
thought there were quite a few novel and interesting ways to approach the
subject, and our writers didn’t disappoint....
We start our third installment of the digest with a month-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. I’ve selected four moon-related stories that are as different from each other in style, voice, and theme as can be. Of especial interest is Oleg Divov’s “Americans on the Moon,” not only because we don’t often get to experience the Russian perspective on the space race, but also because Divov writes the story from the point of view of an American military commander, and some familiar historical figures show up in this alternate version of the 1980s....
It has been an eventful few months since we launched the inaugural issue. Months filled with the good, the somewhat frustrating, and the tragic.
As the first issue launched, we learned that one of our contributors, Walter Dinjos, passed away mere days earlier....
Welcome to the first issue of the Future Science Fiction Digest, brought to you by the Future Affairs Administration and UFO Publishing. Our shared vision is to showcase great science fiction stories from across the globe. In this issue alone we’ve got fiction from China, the Ukraine, Nigeria, and Italy, as well as the United States....
Discover the annual anthology series of humorous science fiction and fantasy!
