( in english ) THE "FICTION" Magazine France 1953 - 1990, and since 2005

"Fiction" is a french science fiction magazine, edited by Opta. The first issue was published in october 1953 ( see the picture of this issue below ), at the moment when the science fiction has just arrived in France, and in the world, in a large scale : At the beginning, this magazine was composed only with translations of texts published in the american "Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction", then his field became wider in publishing short stories coming from other magazines, and also texts from french writers today well- known, such as Klein, Curval, or Andrevon. Alain Dorémieux was the editor during some long years :

The very good quality of the texts chosen for this magazine made of Fiction the french SF magazine with the longest lifetime in his field. Indeed, the last issue was published in february 1990, that is to say 37 years after his first publication. Here is the picture of it :





To know more about the content of this magazine during his "first life", here is an interresting link : http://www.noosfere.com/heberg/ericb33/Fiction.htm




In 2005, a young publisher, "Les moutons éléctriques" ( see the web site on your right ), gives a second life to this magazine and published the first issue " new version" the 10 th of march, 2005 :






As you can see, the visual aspect of this "Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction", published twice a year, wants to give a modern image of the SF, avoiding all the classical icons linked with the SF : Flying saucers, monsters, pin-ups, imaginary worlds, and so on.


This work is in fact closer of a "beautiful book", than of a magazine. Printed on a cream-coloured paper, very combortable for reading, and equiped with a cover with a flat. It is a very beautiful object for the lovers of books.


About the content, there is short stories coming from the magazine "The american magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction", but also unpublished texts of young writers of all countries, essays, interviews and portfolios.


This work is avalaible in bookshops.


The editor is André François Ruaud, also founder and manager of the "Moutons éléctriques".