For Immediate Release
Amazing
Stories, the first science fiction magazine created
in 1926 by Hugo Gernsback and featuring such luminaries of the genre as Jules
Verne, H. G, Welles, E. E. “Doc” Smith, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clark, has
returned!
To celebrate the first new print issue of
the magazine since 2005, a special launch event will be held at the Merril
Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy (239 College St.). The
event will take place on Wednesday, September 12, from 6 to 8 pm.
Editor-in-Chief Ira Nayman will be on hand
to give a brief history of the magazine and talk about the challenges of
reviving it in the current economic and political climate.
Authors who have confirmed their attendance
include: Paul Levinson (“Slipping Time”), Shirley Meier (“Flight of an Arrow”)
and Drew Hayden Taylor (“When Angels Come Knocking”). Julie Czerneda (“Foster
Earth”) has expressed an interest in attending if her schedule allows. Various
other contributors to the magazine will also be on hand.
The first 50 people to attend will receive
free copies of the magazine.
“This is both exciting and a little scary,”
admitted Toronto native Nayman. “Amazing Stories has a – ahem – storied
history. This makes reviving the magazine a delicate balancing act between
honouring Amazing Stories’ legacy and updating it for a modern audience.
Fortunately, the authors who have contributed to the first issue have given us
a great start!”
Advance copies of the first issue of Amazing
Stories are now available. Toronto-based author Ira Nayman is available for
interviews.
For
more information, contact:
Ira
Nayman, Editor-in-Chief, Amazing Stories
(416)
630-7331
aardvarkseyes@hotmail.com
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