Sci Fiction

Sci Fiction
Web address Sci Fiction
Commercial? Yes
Type of site
 Online Magazine
Owner SCIFI.com
Created by Ellen Datlow
Launched May 2000
Current status Defunct

Sci Fiction was an online magazine which ran from 2000 to 2005. At one time, it was the leading online science fiction magazine. Published by Syfy and edited by Ellen Datlow, the work won multiple awards before it was discontinued.

History

The magazine was created by what was then the US Sci Fi Channel (now Syfy), and hosted at SCIFI.COM. The webzine starting publishing in May 2000. The principal editor was Ellen Datlow, who had previously edited two other online magazines: The online incarnation of OMNI, and Event Horizon.

The webzine first made a splash when Linda Nagata's "Goddesses" won the Nebula Award for Best Novella for 2000. It was the first time that a piece of fiction originally published on a website won a Nebula. In 2002 Ellen Datlow won her first Hugo Award for Best Editor. In 2003 stories from the webzine won three awards, the Nebula Awards for Best Short Story ("What I Didn't See" by Karen Joy Fowler) and Best Novelette ("The Empire of Ice Cream" by Jeffrey Ford), and the Theodore Sturgeon Award for Lucius Shepard's novella "Over Yonder". In 2005, Datlow won her second Hugo Award for Best Editor and the website itself won a Hugo for Best Website. She also won her first Locus Award for Best Editor in 2005.

In late 2005 the SciFi Channel announced that it would be shutting down the magazine.[1] This decision was evidently made because the magazine was not a major revenue generator for the channel. SCIFI announced their intention to remove the Sci Fiction archived content as of June 2007, although some of it was still available over a year later.[2] It has since been removed completely.

List of Sci Fiction short stories

Originals

Title Author Uploaded URL
Freeing the Angels Pat Cadigan and Chris Fowler May 19, 2000
The War of the Worlds James P. Blaylock May 24, 2000
Malthusian's Zombie Jeffrey Ford May 31, 2000
Chimera Kristine Kathryn Rusch June 7, 2000
Castle in the Desert: Anno Dracula 1977 Kim Newman June 14, 2000
The Cure for Everything Severna Park June 22, 2000
Dune: Nighttime Shadows on Open Sand Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson June 28, 2000
Goddesses Linda Nagata July 5, 2000
Winter Quarters Howard Waldrop August 2, 2000
Partial Eclipse Graham Joyce August 9, 2000
Ciné Rimettato A. R. Morlan August 16, 2000
Tir-na-nOg Dave Hutchinson August 23, 2000
The Real World Steven Utley August 30, 2000
From the Files of the Time Rangers Richard Bowes September 6, 2000
Birdy Girl Robert Reed September 20, 2000
Wetlands Preserve Nancy Kress September 27, 2000
The Origin of Truth Tim Lebbon October 4, 2000
Nevada A. M. Dellamonica October 11, 2000
The Other Side James P. Blaylock October 18, 2000
The Pottawatomie Giant Andy Duncan November 1, 2000
The Flyers of Gy: An Interplanary Tale Ursula K. Le Guin November 8, 2000
Tomorrow Town Kim Newman November 15, 2000
The Despoblado Steven Utley November 22, 2000
A Cold Dish Lisa Tuttle November 29, 2000

Classics

Title Author Uploaded URL
The Ugly Chickens Howard Waldrop May 31, 2000
The Pope of the Chimps Robert Silverberg June 14, 2000
The Ship Who Sang Anne McCaffrey June 28, 2000
Nine Hundred Grandmothers R. A. Lafferty July 12, 2000
Casey Agonistes Richard McKenna July 29, 2000
The Detweiler Boy Tom Reamy August 9, 2000 (censored link)
A Wind Is Rising Robert Sheckley August 23, 2000
To Bell The Cat Joan D. Vinge September 6, 2000
Descending Thomas M. Disch September 20, 2000
The Man Who Loved the Faioli Roger Zelazny October 4, 2000
Corona Samuel R. Delany October 18, 2000
Belling Martha Leigh Kennedy November 1, 2000
When It Changed Joanna Russ November 15, 2000
The Dance of the Changer and the Three Terry Carr November 29, 2000
The Meaning of the Word Chelsea Quinn Yarbro December 13, 2000
The House the Blakeneys Built Avram Davidson December 27, 2000
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Harlan Ellison January 24, 2001
The Day the Martians Came Frederik Pohl April 4, 2001
Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death James Tiptree, Jr. April 18, 2001
By the Falls Harry Harrison May 2, 2001
The Hat Trick Fredric Brown May 16, 2001
No Fire Burns Avram Davidson June 6, 2001
The Tomb Tapper James Blish June 20, 2001
Bernie the Faust William Tenn July 11, 2001
Consider Her Ways John Wyndham August 8, 2001
The Market in Aliens Barry N. Malzberg August 22, 2001
Light of Other Days Bob Shaw September 19, 2001
How Beautiful With Banners James Blish October 3, 2001
Men without Bones Gerald Kersh October 17, 2001
Bad Medicine Robert Sheckley November 7, 2001
The Heat Death of The Universe Pamela Zoline December 12, 2001
The Thousand Cuts Ian Watson January 2, 2002
Auto-da-Fé Roger Zelazny January 16, 2002
Outside Brian W. Aldiss February 6, 2002
The Funeral Kate Wilhelm March 19, 2002
Carcinoma Angels Norman Spinrad April 3, 2002
The Geezenstacks Fredric Brown April 17, 2002
Hop-Friend Terry Carr June 5, 2002
Clerical Error Mark Clifton June 17, 2002
Cordle To Onion To Carrot Robert Sheckley July 24, 2002
The Women Men Don't See James Tiptree, Jr. August 21, 2002
It Becomes Necessary Ward Moore September 11, 2002
Mrs. Pigafetta Swims Well Reginald Bretnor September 25, 2002
The Screwfly Solution Raccoona Sheldon October 9, 2002
Flash Point Gardner Dozois October 23, 2002
The Queen of Pig Island Gerald Kersh November 6, 2002
Waiting for Billy Star Tom Reamy November 20, 2002
Protection Robert Sheckley December 11, 2002
More Spinned Against ... John Wyndham December 25, 2002
Party of Two Parts William Tenn January 8, 2003
Let's Be Frank Brian W. Aldiss January 22, 2003
The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World Philip José Farmer February 5, 2003
Casablanca Thomas M. Disch February 19, 2003
Humpty Dumpty had a Great Fall Frank Belknap Long March 5, 2003
Frog Pond Chelsea Quinn Yarbro April 2, 2003
Temperature Days on Hawthorne Street Charles L. Grant April 16, 2003
High Weir Samuel R. Delany May 7, 2003

Title Author Uploaded URL
When I Was Miss Dow Sonya Dorman May 21, 2003
Touchstone Terry Carr June 4, 2003
A Full Member of the Club Bob Shaw June 18, 2003
David's Daddy Rosel George Brown July 2, 2003
What Now, Little Man? Mark Clifton July 16, 2003
Thirty Days Had September Robert F. Young August 6, 2003
The View from Endless Scarp Marta Randall August 20, 2003
It Walks in Beauty Chandler Davis September 3, 2003
Caught in the Organ Draft Robert Silverberg September 17, 2003
The Transcendent Tigers R. A. Lafferty October 1, 2003
The Fellow who Married the Maxill Girl Ward Moore October 15, 2003
The Golem Avram Davidson November 5, 2003
The Keepers of the House Lester del Rey December 3, 2003
Minnesota Gothic Thomas M. Disch December 17, 2003
The Prize of Peril Robert Sheckley January 7, 2004
The Stare John Wyndham January 21, 2004
Twilla Tom Reamy February 4, 2004
Ballenger's People Kris Ottman Neville February 18, 2004
King Solomon's Ring Roger Zelazny March 3, 2004
The Little Lamb Fredric Brown March 17, 2004
Sin's Doorway Manly Wade Wellman April 7, 2004
The Dandelion Girl Robert F. Young April 21, 2004
Un Bel Di Chelsea Quinn Yarbro May 5, 2004
Paul's Treehouse Gene Wolfe May 19, 2004
The Girl Had Guts Theodore Sturgeon June 2, 2004
Aye, and Gomorrah Samuel R. Delany July 7, 2004
Among the Dead Edward Bryant July 21, 2004
A Crowd of Shadows Charles L. Grant August 4, 2004
Gods Hooks! Howard Waldrop August 8, 2004
Can These Bones Live? Manly Wade Wellman September 1, 2004
Allamagoosa Eric Frank Russell September 15, 2004
View from a Height Joan D. Vinge October 6, 2004
A Kingdom by the Sea Gardner Dozois October 20, 2004
Bagatelle John Varley November 3, 2004
Two Weeks in August Frank M. Robinson December 1, 2004
Transfer Barry N. Malzberg December 15, 2004
Gather Blue Roses Pamela Sargent January 5, 2005
Beam Us Home James Tiptree, Jr. January 19, 2005
Familiar Pattern A. Bertram Chandler February 2, 2005
The Yellow Pill Rog Phillips February 16, 2005
They Don't Make Life Like They Used To Alfred Bester March 2, 2005
The Sea Was Wet as Wet Can Be Gahan Wilson April 6, 2005
Brown Robert Terry Carr April 20, 2005
The White King's Dream Elizabeth A. Lynn May 18, 2005
Transformer Chad Oliver June 1, 2005
Mouse Fredric Brown June 15, 2005
Come On, Wagon Zenna Henderson July 6, 2005
The Tenants William Tenn July 20, 2005
A Life in the Day of... Frank M. Robinson August 3, 2005
To Be Continued... Robert Silverberg August 17, 2005
Under the Hollywood Sign Tom Reamy September 14, 2005
The Water Sculptor George Zebrowski September 28, 2005
Painwise James Tiptree, Jr. October 12, 2005
The Beautiful People Robert Bloch November 9, 2005
The Man Who Never Forgot Robert Silverberg November 23, 2005
Star Light, Star Bright Alfred Bester December 7, 2005
The Great Wall of Mexico John Sladek December 21, 2005

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jason Sanford (13 November 2005). "SciFi Channel wades deeper into muck by dropping SciFiction journal". StorySouth. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Sci Fiction Archive". Sci Fiction. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. As of Friday, June 15, 2007, SCI FICTION will no longer be availabe [sic] on SCIFI.COM.

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