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TEN TOP SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINES For Science Fiction lovers and writers, here is a list compiled by www.writersresource.com. They looked at popularity of the magazine, awards it has won, and how long it has been publishing. They stated they tried to put high quality science fiction magazines on the list, and found that there were too few professionally published science fiction magazines to make it a completely Available on Amazon professional list. So they picked what they felt were the best professional and the best fanzines. The comments are from their website. These could be good markets to submit your stories to. 1. http://www.sfsite.com/fsf The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes and extraterrestrial life This professional magazine began publishing in 1949 which makes it the second oldest continually publishing science fiction magazine in the country. Tremendously popular, it is the most widely read science fiction magazine in the country, consistently outstanding and publishes authors like (from their site): Stephen King's Dark Tower, Daniel Keyes's “Flowers for Algernon, and Walter M. Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz. This magazine is the cream of the alien crop. It represents all of what's best in science fiction today. Alexa rating of about 135,000. 2. http://www.analogsf.co.m/0906/issue_06.shtml Analog Science Fiction and Fact Science fiction often explores the potential consequences of scientific and other innovations, and has been called a "literature of ideas." Professional magazine that began publishing in 1930 and is often considered the magazine where science fiction grew up. It has published outstanding science fiction authors including Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Poul Anderson, Spider Robinson, Lois McMaster Bujold, and Michael F. Flynn. It is the oldest science fiction magazine in the country, and consistently nominated for award after award. This publication has done an unequivocal job over the last 80 years of keeping great science fiction writing alive in print. Alexa rating of about 691,000. 3. http://www.asimovs.com Asimov's Science Fiction This professional magazine began publishing in 1977 and is a high quality science fiction magazine that showcases some of the best in science fiction today. They publish great authors and the publication is one of the best science fiction magazines ever published, hands down. Alexa rating of about 304,000. 4. http://www.strangehorizons.com Strange Horizons Began publishing in 2000. Very popular online science fiction magazine. In 2007 they were JULY-AUGUST 2016 Began publishing in 2000. They are a very popular science fiction WRITERS’ Tonline RICKS OF THE TRADE P AGE 26 magazine. In 2007 they were nominated for a Hugo award. Works from their issues are consistently chosen for inclusion in many national