The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE) is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979. It has won the Hugo, Locus and British SF Awards. Two print editions appeared in 1979 and 1993. A third, continuously revised, edition was published online from 2011; a change of web host was announced as the launch of a fourth edition in 2021.
Malcolm Edwards, John Clute and Peter Nicholls discussing the early days of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction at Loncon 3, Worldcon 2014
The first edition, edited by Peter Nicholls with John Clute,[1] was published by Granada in 1979. It was retitled The Science Fiction Encyclopedia when published by Doubleday in the United States. Accompanying its text were numerous black and white photographs illustrating authors, book and magazine covers, film and TV stills, and examples of artists' work.[2]
A second edition, jointly edited by Nicholls and Clute, was published in 1993 by Orbit in the UK and St. Martin's Press in the US. The second edition contained 1.3 million words, almost twice the 700,000 words of the 1979 edition.[3] The 1995 paperback edition included a sixteen-page addendum (dated "7 August 1995"). Unlike the first edition, the print versions did not contain illustrations. There was also a CD-ROM version in 1995, styled variously as The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Grolier Science Fiction.[4] This contained text updates through 1995, hundreds of book covers and author photos, a small number of old film trailers, and author video clips taken from the TVOntario series Prisoners of Gravity.
The companion volume, published after the second print edition and following its format closely, is The Encyclopedia of Fantasy edited by John Clute and John Grant.[4] All print and CD-ROM editions are currently out of print.
In July 2011, Orion Publishing Group announced that the third edition of The Science Fiction Encyclopedia would be released online later that year by SFE Ltd in association with Victor Gollancz, Orion's science fiction imprint. The "beta text" of the third edition launched online on 2 October 2011,[5] with editors John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls (as editor emeritus until his death in 2018) and Graham Sleight. The encyclopedia is updated regularly (usually several times a week) by the editorial team with material written by themselves and contributed by science fiction academics and experts.[1] It received the Hugo Award for Best Related Work in 2012. Though the SFE is a composite work with a considerable number of contributors, the three main editors (Clute, Langford and Nicholls) have themselves written almost two-thirds of the 5.2 million words to date (September 2016), giving a sense of unity to the whole.[4]
The Encyclopedia ended its arrangement with Orion on 29 September 2021 and moved to a new, self-owned web server. The move was completed by 6 October 2021, and announced as the launch of the fourth edition. While based on the earlier design, the new edition incorporates a number of revisions; for instance, many author entries now include thumbnails of the author's book covers, randomly selected from the relevant Gallery pages.[6]
Contents
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction contains entries under the categories of authors, themes, terminology, science fiction in various countries, films, filmmakers, television, magazines, fanzines, comics, illustrators, book publishers, original anthologies, awards, and miscellaneous.[7]
The online edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction was released in October 2011 with 12,230 entries, totaling 3,200,000 words. The editors predicted that it would contain 4,000,000 words upon completion of the first round of updates at the end of 2012; this figure was actually reached in January 2013, and 5,000,000 words in November 2015.[8]
Nicholls, Peter, ed. (1979). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: An Illustrated A to Z. St Albans, Herts, UK: Granada Publishing Ltd. ISBN978-0-246-11020-6. 672 pp.[10]
Clute, John; Langford, David; Nicholls, Peter; Sleight, Graham, eds. (2011). (3rd ed.). London: Gollancz. Archived from the original on 19 December 2011.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Fourth edition:
Clute, John; Langford, David, eds. (2021). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (4th ed.). London and Reading: SFE Ltd and Ansible Editions. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
SFE: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 2014—current online edition
Self-referential entry on the Encyclopedia, written by David Langford
SF Encyclopedia Editorial Home (sf-encyclopedia.co.uk)—with data on multiple editions
"Formats and Editions of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction" at WorldCat
1993 SF Encyclopedia Updates—"New Data, Typographical Errors, Factual Corrections, and Miscellanea; Last updated September 2002"—superseded by the 2011 edition
, The Independent, 12 January 2012—Neela Debnath with Peter Nicholls
January 26, 2023
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For similarly titled works see Encyclopedia of Science Fiction The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction SFE is an English language reference work on science fiction first published in 1979 It has won the Hugo Locus and British SF Awards Two print editions appeared in 1979 and 1993 A third continuously revised edition was published online from 2011 a change of web host was announced as the launch of a fourth edition in 2021 The Encyclopedia of Science FictionCover of the first editionEditorPeter Nicholls John Clute David Langford from 2011CountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishSubjectScience fictionPublisherGranada 1979 St Martin s Press 1993 1995 Orbit Books 1993 1999Media typePrint 1979 1993 1995 1999 CD ROM 1995 Online 2011 Pages672 pp 1979 1370 pp 1993 1386 pp 1995 1396 pp 1999OCLC365133329Dewey Decimal809 3876203LC ClassPN3433 4 Contents 1 History 2 Contents 3 Awards 4 Publications 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory Edit Malcolm Edwards John Clute and Peter Nicholls discussing the early days of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction at Loncon 3 Worldcon 2014 The first edition edited by Peter Nicholls with John Clute 1 was published by Granada in 1979 It was retitled The Science Fiction Encyclopedia when published by Doubleday in the United States Accompanying its text were numerous black and white photographs illustrating authors book and magazine covers film and TV stills and examples of artists work 2 A second edition jointly edited by Nicholls and Clute was published in 1993 by Orbit in the UK and St Martin s Press in the US The second edition contained 1 3 million words almost twice the 700 000 words of the 1979 edition 3 The 1995 paperback edition included a sixteen page addendum dated 7 August 1995 Unlike the first edition the print versions did not contain illustrations There was also a CD ROM version in 1995 styled variously as The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Grolier Science Fiction 4 This contained text updates through 1995 hundreds of book covers and author photos a small number of old film trailers and author video clips taken from the TVOntario series Prisoners of Gravity The companion volume published after the second print edition and following its format closely is The Encyclopedia of Fantasy edited by John Clute and John Grant 4 All print and CD ROM editions are currently out of print In July 2011 Orion Publishing Group announced that the third edition of The Science Fiction Encyclopedia would be released online later that year by SFE Ltd in association with Victor Gollancz Orion s science fiction imprint The beta text of the third edition launched online on 2 October 2011 5 with editors John Clute David Langford Peter Nicholls as editor emeritus until his death in 2018 and Graham Sleight The encyclopedia is updated regularly usually several times a week by the editorial team with material written by themselves and contributed by science fiction academics and experts 1 It received the Hugo Award for Best Related Work in 2012 Though the SFE is a composite work with a considerable number of contributors the three main editors Clute Langford and Nicholls have themselves written almost two thirds of the 5 2 million words to date September 2016 giving a sense of unity to the whole 4 The Encyclopedia ended its arrangement with Orion on 29 September 2021 and moved to a new self owned web server The move was completed by 6 October 2021 and announced as the launch of the fourth edition While based on the earlier design the new edition incorporates a number of revisions for instance many author entries now include thumbnails of the author s book covers randomly selected from the relevant Gallery pages 6 Contents EditThe Encyclopedia of Science Fiction contains entries under the categories of authors themes terminology science fiction in various countries films filmmakers television magazines fanzines comics illustrators book publishers original anthologies awards and miscellaneous 7 The online edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction was released in October 2011 with 12 230 entries totaling 3 200 000 words The editors predicted that it would contain 4 000 000 words upon completion of the first round of updates at the end of 2012 this figure was actually reached in January 2013 and 5 000 000 words in November 2015 8 Awards EditEdition Awards 9 1st ed 1979 Hugo Award for Best Non Fiction Book Locus Award for Best Related Non Fiction2nd ed 1993 Hugo Award for Best Non Fiction Book Locus Award for Best Non Fiction BSFA Award Special Award 3rd ed 2011 Hugo Award for Best Related Work BSFA Award for Best Non FictionPublications EditFirst edition Nicholls Peter ed 1979 The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction An Illustrated A to Z St Albans Herts UK Granada Publishing Ltd ISBN 978 0 246 11020 6 672 pp 10 Second edition Clute John Nicholls Peter eds 1993 The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 2nd ed London Orbit Books ISBN 978 1 85723 124 3 xxxvi 1370 pp 11 Clute John Nicholls Peter eds 1995 The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 2nd ed New York St Martin s Press ISBN 978 0 312 13486 0 xxxvi 1386 pp 11 Clute John Nicholls Peter eds 1995 The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Science Fiction CD ROM 2nd ed Danbury CT Grolier Science Fiction ISBN 978 0 7172 3999 3 11 Clute John Nicholls Peter eds 1999 The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 2nd ed London Orbit Books ISBN 978 1 85723 897 6 xxxvi 1396 pp 11 Third edition Clute John Langford David Nicholls Peter Sleight Graham eds 2011 The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 3rd ed London Gollancz Archived from the original on 19 December 2011 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint unfit URL link Fourth edition Clute John Langford David eds 2021 The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 4th ed London and Reading SFE Ltd and Ansible Editions Retrieved 7 October 2021 See also Edit Science fiction portalThe Encyclopedia of Fantasy Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 1978 book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy The Visual Encyclopedia of Science FictionReferences Edit a b Debnath Neela The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction makes internet debut The Independent Blogs Archived from the original on 6 July 2015 James Edward 1993 Review John Clute and Peter Nicholls eds The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Foundation 58 100 103 Fox Rose 6 July 2011 Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Goes Digital Searchable and Free Publishers Weekly Blog Archived from the original on 7 July 2011 a b c Nicoll James Davis 10 April 2020 All Hail The Science Fiction Encyclopedia Bringer of Knowledge Tor com Macmillan SFE Beta Text launches The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 2 October 2011 Retrieved 17 April 2013 Glyer Mike 6 October 2021 New Publisher and Other Changes Herald Encyclopedia of Science Fiction s Fourth Edition File 770 Notes on Content The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 3 January 2013 Retrieved 17 April 2013 Introduction to the Third Edition The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 14 March 2013 Retrieved 17 April 2013 Peter Nicholls Awards Science Fiction Awards Database Locus Science Fiction Foundation Retrieved 9 September 2021 The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction An Illustrated A to Z Archived 8 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine title listing ISFDB Retrieved 2013 04 17 a b c d The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database ISFDB Retrieved 2013 04 17 External links EditSFE The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 2014 current online edition Self referential entry on the Encyclopedia written by David Langford SF Encyclopedia Editorial Home sf encyclopedia co uk with data on multiple editions Formats and Editions of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction at WorldCat 1993 SF Encyclopedia Updates New Data Typographical Errors Factual Corrections and Miscellanea Last updated September 2002 superseded by the 2011 edition Grolier product information 1995 Multimedia edition at the Wayback Machine archived October 17 2008 Q amp A with the Founder of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction The Independent 12 January 2012 Neela Debnath with Peter Nicholls Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction amp oldid 1125523124, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
