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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ( SFE) is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979. It has won the Hugo, Locus and British SF Awards. Two print editions appeared in 1979 and 1993. A third, continuously revised, edition was published online from 2011; a change of web host was announced as the launch of a fourth edition in 2021.
- John Clute, Peter Nicholls
- 1979
Welcome to the Fourth Edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, launched online on 6 October 2021 as a direct continuation of the Third Edition, following the amicable end of our decade-long partnership with Gollancz and the SF Gateway. This reference work, which we continue to refer to in short as the SFE, is edited by John Clute and ...
This presentation of the SF Encyclopedia was drafted as an emergency fallback in case of server failure at our long-established (since 2011) Hachette / Orion / Gollancz platform, and developed as a replacement to become public after the old arrangement with Gollancz came to an end on 29 September 2021. The new site – launched on 6 October ...
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The present encyclopedia was first conceived by Peter Nicholls in the mid-1970s and was published as The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: An Illustrated A to Z ( 1979; vt The Science Fiction Encyclopedia 1979 ). The title page listed Nicholls as General Editor, John Clute as Associate Editor, Carolyn Eardley as Technical Editor, and Malcolm Edwards and Brian Stableford as Contributing Editors ...
Oct 12, 2021 · With the release of the Fourth Edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, we have a new publisher and a new web server; but our long-familiar domain sf-encyclopedia.com is unchanged. The SFE remains free online for all users.
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction or Science Fiction Encyclopedia may refer to: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy (first volume published in 1974), edited by Donald H. Tuck. The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (published 1977), edited by Brian Ash. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (first edition published 1979; now online ...
With over 4,300 entries and more than 1.3 million words of critical insight and biographical and bibliographic data - including a new appendix of updates and revisions for this paperback edition - it is an indispensable reference work not only for every reader who loves, uses and wishes to know more about science fiction, but for every reader of imaginative fiction at the end of this century.
