Fantastyka
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Fantastyka (est 1982, since 1990 known as Nowa Fantastyka), is a Polish science fiction and fantasy monthly magazine.
Established in 1982 by Adam Hollanek, Fantastyka was most probably the first science-fiction oriented monthly magazine in whole Eastern bloc. It became known as one of the few magazines to publish both foreign and Polish short stories, as well as novels. Between 1990 and 1992 its editor in chief was Lech Jęczmyk, followed by Maciej Parowski. Since 2003 the magazine is headed by Arkadiusz Nakoniecznik. Fantastyka is dedicated to short stories and novels, but also to fandom and convent news. In addition, it publishes comic pages, film and book reviews and articles on modern science.
Apart from Nowa Fantastyka, there were also several periodic variations of the title:
- Mała Fantastyka (1987-1989), a sf/fantasy quarterly for kids
- Komiks-Fantastyka (1980's-1991), focused on comic books, in 1991 changed the name to Komiks
- Nowa Fantastyka - Wydanie specjalne, a quarterly focused on longer stories and novels
- Czas Fantastyki (since 2004), bi-monthly
Among others, Fantastyka featured texts by Philip K. Dick, J. R. R. Tolkien, Anthony Burgess, Orson Scott Card and Kir Bulychov. In addition, it was there that most of modern Polish sf/fantasy writers published their debut. Among them are Andrzej Sapkowski, Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz and Konrad T. Lewandowski. Finally, on the middle pages traditionally devoted to art, Fantastyka featured many renowned artists, including Enki Bilal, Wojciech Siudmak, Zdzisław Beksiński, Jacek Yerka and Jerzy Skarżyński
[edit] See also
- Fenix
- Science Fiction
