Amazing Stories, the world's first science
fiction magazine, opens for Beta Testing of Phase 1 on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013.
Fifty+ Writers Sign On to provide
genre-related content!
Experimenter Publishing Company
Hillsboro, NH
December 20, 2012
The Experimenter Publishing Company is
pleased to announce the reintroduction of the world's most recognizable science fiction magazine
– AMAZING STORIES!
Set to relaunch with a Beta Test of
its new Social Magazine Platform, Amazing Stories will feature content
from 50+ bloggers, covering an enormous array of subjects of interest to genre
fans.
“We've got authors and agents, bloggers and
editors, pod casters and broadcasters; we've got gamers and game designers;
artists and art collectors; pulpsters and indie authors; we've got Hugo
winners, John W. Campbell Memorial Award winners, John W. Campbell Best New
Writer winners, Nebula and Hugo Award winners and nominees and winners and
nominees of many other awards;
people who review films, people who make films; we've got fanboys and
fangirls; we've got former editors of Amazing Stories, writers who've become
synonymous with the field and writers who are just getting started; comic
artists, book reviewers; traditionally published authors, self-pubbed authors
and authors who've done it all.
The response to my request for participation was phenomenal – it
couldn't be more perfect if I had set out with a list of must-haves!” said
Steve Davidson, publisher.
Amazing Stories' Social Magazine platform
is designed to create an interactive environment that will be familiar to fans
with blog content designed to encourage discussion and take things beyond the usual user-generated content
model for social networks.
The Amazing Stories Blog Team will cover
(for now – more coming!) fourteen popular topics – Science Fiction, Fantasy,
and Horror, (lit), Film, Television, Gaming, Comics and Graphic Works, the Visual Arts, the Pulps, Audio
Works, Anime, the Business of
Publishing, Science and Fandom itself.
At this year's Worldcon (Chicon 7 the 70th Worldcon, Chicago), Toastmaster John Scalzi talked about what it was to be a fan and
concluded by saying
“We are
diverse - and we are all in this together.”
We are diverse – and we are all in this
together, a sentiment that captures the very heart and soul of what it means to
be a fan. Amazing Stories aims to
be a vehicle through which the diversity of fandom can come together.
Amazing Stories' relaunch will take place
in two phases. Those interested in
participating in the Beta Test of Phase 1 should contact the publisher at steve.davidson33@comcast.net. Participants
will receive full access to the site with Member status and will receive on-site
benefits as the project moves forward.
Phase 2 will introduce additional
interactivity and user-customization to the site. Following the completion and testing of Phase 2, the
magazine, featuring both new and reprint fiction, essays, photo galleries,
reviews and more will begin publication.
Readers who are interested in what the magazine will look like can read
two Relaunch Prelaunch issues on line, or download them from the Amazing Stories
store. (Additional Amazing Stories themed
product is also available here.)
Experimenter Publishing is pleased to
introduce the Amazing Stories Blog
Team:
Cenobyte, Mike Brotherton, Ricky L. Brown,
Michael A. Burstein,
Catherine Coker, Johne Cook, Paul Cook,
Gary Dalkin, Jane Frank,
Jim Freund, Adam Gaffen, Chris Garcia,
Chris Gerwel, Tommy Hancock,
Liz Henderson, Samantha Henry, M. D.
Jackson, Monique Jacob,
Geoffrey James, J. J. Jones, Peggy Kolm,
Justin Landon, Andrew Liptak,
Melissa Lowery, Barry Malzberg, C. E.
Martin, Farrell J. McGovern,
Steve Miller, Matt Mitrovich, Aidan Moher,
Kevin Murray, Ken Neth,
Astrid Nielsch, D. Nicklin-Dunbar, John
Purcell, James Rogers,
Diane Severson, Doug Smith, Lesley Smith,
Bill Spangler, Duane Spurlock,
Michael J. Sullivan, G. W. Thomas, Erin
Underwood, Stephan Van Velzen,
Cynthia Ward, Michael Webb, Keith West,
John M. Whalen, Ann Wilkes,
Karlo Yeager, Leah Zeldez
BACKGROUND:
Originally published in 1926 by the father
of science fiction, Hugo Gernsback, Amazing Stories helped to launch both the
science fiction genre and its most enduring feature, science fiction
fandom. The magazine is well known
for its Frank R. Paul covers and for publishing the first stories by many
iconic authors such as Isaac Asimov, Jack Williamson and Ursula Le Guin. Published continuously from 1926 until
1995, followed by two brief resurrections from 1998 till 2000 and again from
2004 thru 2005. In 2008 Hasbro,
the then current owner, allowed the trademarks to lapse and publisher Steve
Davidson applied for and eventually received them in 2011.
Additional history and background on
Amazing Stories can be found at the Science
Fiction Encyclopedia
and Wikipedia. A complete
gallery of all 609 previous
issues with publication history is also available.
The Experimenter Publishing Company was
created in 2012 for the purpose of returning Amazing Stories magazine to
regular publication. The
company shares the name of the
original magazine's publisher as homage.
The trademarks for Amazing Stories were acquired by Steve Davidson in
2011, the previous owners having
allowed the marks to lapse in 2008, at which time application was made for a
new incarnation of the same title.
CONTACT:
For more information regarding Amazing
Stories, the Blog Team and the Beta Test of the new site, please contact Steve
Davidson via email at steve.davidson33@comcast.net.
To contact one of the Blog Team:
Cenobyte http://www.cenobyte.ca
Mike Brotherton http://www.mikebrotherton.com
Ricky L Brown http://doctorfantastiques.com/author/rickbrown
Michael A Burstein - http://www.mabfan.com
, http://www.bursteinbooks.com
Cait Coker http://www.aggiescifi.wordpress.com
Johne Cook https://twitter.com/theskypirate
Paul Cook http://www.paulcook-sci-fi.com
Gary Dalkin http://www.tothelastword.com
Jane Frank http://www.wow-art.com
Jim Freund http://www.hourwolf.com
Adam Gaffen http://www.thekildaran.blogspot.com
Chris Garcia http://efanzines.com/DrinkTank
Chris Gerwel http://elflands2ndcousin.com
Tommy Hancock http://www.allpulp.blogspot.com
, http://www.prosepulp.com, http://www.ideaslikebullets.blogspot.com
Liz Henderson http://www.true-blood.net
, http://www.onceuponafansite.com
, http://www.nicegirlstv.com
Samantha Henry http://www.scifidramaqueen.com
M. D. Jackson http://www.michaeldeanjackson.blogspot.com
Monique Jacob http://www.moniquejacob.com
Geoffrey James http://www.geoffreyjames.com
, http://www.sorcerer.net
J. Jay Jones
Peggy Kolm http://blog.sciencefictionbiology.com
Justin Landon http://www.staffersbookreview.com
Andrew Liptak http://www.andrewliptak.wordpress.com
Meilissa Lowery http://www.true-blood.net
, http://www.sidcity.net
, http://www.chucktv.net
Barry Malzberg
Farrell J. McGovern http://www.can-con.org
Matt Mitrovich http://alternatehistoryweeklyupdate.blogspot.com
Aidan Moher http://aidanmoher.com/blog
Kevin Murray www.kevinmurray.ca
, http://www.falloutfiles.com
Ken Neth http://nethspace.blogspot.com
Astrid Nielsch http://webdesign.asni.net/
, http://www.asni.net , http://www.asni.net/newsletter.php
, http://music.asni.net/
, http://conceptart.asni.net/
D. Nicklin-Dunbar http://mouldysquid.wordpress.com/book-reviews
John Purcell http://efanzines.com/Prior/index.htm
James Rogers http://scienceismagic.com/
Diane Severson www.divadianes.blogspot.com
, http://www.starshipsofa.com/category/podcast/fact-articles/poetry-planet/
, http://www.sfpoetry.com
Doug Mmith http://www.smithwriter.com
Lesley Smith
Bill Spangler
Duane Spurlock http://pulprack.blogspot.com
, http://spurandlock.blogspot.com
, http://duanespurlock.blogspot.com
Michael J. Sullivan http://www.riyria.com
G. W. Thomas http://www.gwthomas.org
Erin Underwood http://www.underwords.com
Stephan Van Velzen http://www.rantingdragon.com
Cynthia Ward - http://www.cynthiaward.com
, http://www.writingtheother.com
Michael Webb http://www.martianexpatriate.com/
John M Whalen http://johnmwhalen.wordpress.com
Ann Wilkes http://sciencefictionmusings.blogspot.com
Karlo Yeager
Leah Zeldes http://www.zeldes.com
, http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com
, http://www.diningchicago.com/blog
