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Is Short Science Fiction Moving To Original Anthologies? [Short Fiction]
io9 — ... Meanwhile, the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, the source of a few of those best stories, just announced it's going bi-monthly. (Side note: I'm glad "The Political Prisoner" and "Five Thrillers," my faves from last year's F&SF;, made it in.) In practice, this move doesn't mean F&SF; will get all that much smaller — it'll be doing all double issues, so there will be only about 10 percent less content in 2009. And I get why it's happening — postage costs are shooting up, and this is a way to reach subscribers more cheaply. ...

News from F&SF
When You Stop Believing in It, It Doesn't Go Away — ... According to the magazine's blog, they're going bimonthly. As a longtime fan of and contributor to F&SF;, this makes me a little sad even though the page count isn't going to differ significantly after this year. Whatever Gordon needs to do--and he seems bullish on the move in the blog post--the field needs him and it needs F&SF.; Maybe that makes me old-fashioned. ...

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Going Bimonthly
Tor.com — Recently the news came down the pike that The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction was going to go bi-monthly after its March issue. Editor/Publisher Gordon Van Gelder cites “rising costs—especially postal costs—and the current economy” as his reason for making the change. His other option would be to increase prices, and given that the economy is affecting everyone, he felt that changing the magazine made more sense. Reaction has been mostly falling along the line as Jonathan Crowe’s post: “Better a bimonthly, ...

Headlines for January 9th through January 13th
dashPunk — ... Street Fighter the Legend of Chun Li Japanese Trailer - Project: Shadow HQ - Buckingham Palace Band Playing Indiana Jones - Project: Shadow HQ - Topless Robot - Who Wants Kids to Play with Him - These Doctor Who toys are cool. WHO’S COMING TO SEE CRADLE THIS WINTER? | Roadunner Records News - VOTD: Tom Cruise with a Lightsaber | /Film - Wonderland: Papercraft Link hat - F&SF is going bimonthly : The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction - ...

Short Fiction: One Year Later by Neil Clarke
Clarkesworld Magazine — ... their page size, reduced page count and cut about 4k worth of content. F&SF switched to a bi-monthly format and cut about 10% of its annual content. Neither increased the cost of a subscription, but you are receiving less for it. [image] The number four print magazine (one could reasonably argue number two using the above data), Realms of Fantasy was nearly lost. Their owner, Sovereign Media, ...