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''Interzone'' is a British science fiction magazine, started in 1982 and still in regular publication as of 2015, passing issue #260 that year. (That makes it Britain's longest-running SF magazine by a good margin.) Although it is technically classified as a "semi-prozine", and has won a HugoAward in that category, it has a fully professional style of presentation, and has published stories by any number of big-name professional writers. Likewise, although as a British magazine it features mostly work by British authors, it has also published stories by American, Australian, and other writers, such as Creator/GregEgan (something of an ''Interzone'' discovery -- one of many) and Creator/DavidBrin. Creator/DavidLangford contributes a regular column.

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''Interzone'' is a British science fiction magazine, started in 1982 and still in regular publication as of 2015, passing issue #260 that year. (That makes it Britain's longest-running SF magazine by a good margin.) Although it is technically classified as a "semi-prozine", and has won a HugoAward UsefulNotes/HugoAward in that category, it has a fully professional style of presentation, and has published stories by any number of big-name professional writers. Likewise, although as a British magazine it features mostly work by British authors, it has also published stories by American, Australian, and other writers, such as Creator/GregEgan (something of an ''Interzone'' discovery -- one of many) and Creator/DavidBrin. Creator/DavidLangford contributes a regular column.
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* MundaneDogmatic: ''Interzone'' dedicated a whole issue to "Mundane SF" in 2008, and is certainly not afraid to publish stories which adhere to this principle in any issue.
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''Interzone'' is a British science fiction magazine, started in 1982 and still in regular publication as of 2015, passing issue #260 that year. (That makes it Britain's longest-running SF magazine by a good margin.) Although it is technically classified as a "semi-prozine", and has won a Hugo Award in that category, it has a fully professional style of presentation, and has published stories by any number of big-name professional writers. Likewise, although as a British magazine it features mostly work by British authors, it has also published stories by American, Australian, and other writers, such as Creator/GregEgan (something of an ''Interzone'' discovery -- one of many) and Creator/DavidBrin. Creator/DavidLangford contributes a regular column.

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''Interzone'' is a British science fiction magazine, started in 1982 and still in regular publication as of 2015, passing issue #260 that year. (That makes it Britain's longest-running SF magazine by a good margin.) Although it is technically classified as a "semi-prozine", and has won a Hugo Award HugoAward in that category, it has a fully professional style of presentation, and has published stories by any number of big-name professional writers. Likewise, although as a British magazine it features mostly work by British authors, it has also published stories by American, Australian, and other writers, such as Creator/GregEgan (something of an ''Interzone'' discovery -- one of many) and Creator/DavidBrin. Creator/DavidLangford contributes a regular column.
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''Interzone'' (the name is borrowed from William S. Burroughs's ''Literature/NakedLunch'') is a British science fiction magazine, started in 1982 and still in regular publication as of 2015, passing issue #260 that year. (That makes it Britain's longest-running SF magazine by a good margin.) Although it is technically classified as a "semi-prozine", and has won a Hugo Award in that category, it has a fully professional style of presentation, and has published stories by any number of big-name professional writers. Likewise, although as a British magazine it features mostly work by British authors, it has also published stories by American, Australian, and other writers, such as Creator/GregEgan (something of an ''Interzone'' discovery -- one of many) and Creator/DavidBrin. Creator/DavidLangford contributes a regular column.

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''Interzone'' (the name is borrowed from William S. Burroughs's ''Literature/NakedLunch'') is a British science fiction magazine, started in 1982 and still in regular publication as of 2015, passing issue #260 that year. (That makes it Britain's longest-running SF magazine by a good margin.) Although it is technically classified as a "semi-prozine", and has won a Hugo Award in that category, it has a fully professional style of presentation, and has published stories by any number of big-name professional writers. Likewise, although as a British magazine it features mostly work by British authors, it has also published stories by American, Australian, and other writers, such as Creator/GregEgan (something of an ''Interzone'' discovery -- one of many) and Creator/DavidBrin. Creator/DavidLangford contributes a regular column.




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* ShoutOut: The magazine's name is borrowed from William S. Burroughs's ''Literature/NakedLunch'', and Burroughs is a major acknowledged influence on the sort of ''avant garde'' fiction often published in the magazine. "Interzone" also sounds like a cool term for that sort of experimental literary work, with its blended influences.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: There's no intent to deceive, but ''Interzone'' covers are frequently commissioned or selected on standalone artistic merit, with no reference to any stories inside.




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* NewWaveScienceFiction: ''Interzone'' first appeared just after the period usually assigned to the New Wave movement. However, as a relatively {{lit|Fic}}erary, sometimes experimental, serious-minded, British SF magazine, it consciously perpetuated many features of the British New Wave.
* NewWeird: The magazine exists to publish genre fiction, but generally tries to avoid more dated tropes, taking many of the stories it runs towards New Weird territory.
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''Interzone'' (the name is borrowed from William S. Burroughs's ''Literature/NakedLunch'') is a British science fiction magazine, started in 1982 and still in regular publication as of 2015, passing issue #260 that year. (That makes it Britain's longest-running SF magazine by a good margin.) Although it is technically classified as a "semi-prozine", and has won a Hugo Award in that category, it has a fully professional style of presentation, and has published stories by any number of big-name professional writers. Likewise, although as a British magazine it features mostly work by British authors, it has also published stories by American, Australian, and other writers, such as Creator/GregEgan (something of an ''Interzone'' discovery -- one of many) and Creator/DavidBrin.

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''Interzone'' (the name is borrowed from William S. Burroughs's ''Literature/NakedLunch'') is a British science fiction magazine, started in 1982 and still in regular publication as of 2015, passing issue #260 that year. (That makes it Britain's longest-running SF magazine by a good margin.) Although it is technically classified as a "semi-prozine", and has won a Hugo Award in that category, it has a fully professional style of presentation, and has published stories by any number of big-name professional writers. Likewise, although as a British magazine it features mostly work by British authors, it has also published stories by American, Australian, and other writers, such as Creator/GregEgan (something of an ''Interzone'' discovery -- one of many) and Creator/DavidBrin.
Creator/DavidBrin. Creator/DavidLangford contributes a regular column.
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The magazine naturally has [[http://ttapress.com/interzone/ its own Web site]].


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* CrapsackWorld[=/=]DownerEnding: In its early days especially, the magazine seemed strongly to favor dark and cynical stories, to the point where even its own editors complained that many of the submissions which they received featured miserable people wandering around blasted wastelands thinking about failed past relationships. It has evolved a perhaps more nuanced approach since then, but none of the editors have ever been afraid to publish stories that went a little dark.
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''Interzone'' (the name is borrowed from William S. Burroughs's ''Literature/NakedLunch'') is a British science fiction magazine, started in 1982 and still in regular publication as of 2015, passing issue #260 that year. (That makes it Britain's longest-running SF magazine by a good margin.) Although it is technically classified as a "semi-prozine", and has won a Hugo Award in that category, it has a fully professional style of presentation, and has published stories by any number of big-name professional writers. Likewise, although as a British magazine it features mostly work by British authors, it has also published stories by American, Australian, and other writers, such as Creator/GregEgan (something of an ''Interzone'' discovery -- one of many) and Creator/DavidBrin.

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* FanserviceCover: Although ''Interzone'' aims for a serious and high-minded style, determinedly {{avert|edTrope}}ing this trope for most of its thirty-plus years, one or two covers in the late 2000s led to accusations of sexism.

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