Английская Википедия:Death Ray (magazine)
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Death Ray was a British magazine[1][2] devoted to science fiction and fantasy in all its forms, especially media-related topics and novels. It was published every two months, with the first issue going on sale in May 2007.[1] Typical issues were 132 pages, perfect bound, on glossy paper.
History
Death Ray was created by Matt Bielby, the ex-Future Publishing staff member who was editor[2] on some of that company's significant titles,[3] including Total Film magazine and SFX magazine, the dominant SF title. Death Ray is published by Blackfish Publishing, Bielby's magazine company, based in Bath, UK.[2]
At their launches in 2007 Death Ray and SciFiNow, launched April 2007, were the first magazines in recent years to challenge SFXШаблон:'s dominance of the science fiction magazine market in the UK[4] but neither has yet to approach SFX in terms of popularity or salesШаблон:Citation needed. (A UK version of the American science fiction magazine Starlog was published for a couple years beginning in May 2000.) However, the magazine has been described by one source as wordier and offering greater depth[5] than its two main competitors.
In August 2008, Blackfish Publishing announced it had been bought by Rebellion Developments, the video game producer who already publish 2000 AD and Abaddon Books. At that point, Death Ray changed to a new format (longer but quarterly) to allow Blackfish to launch other monthly special-interest titles such as Filmstar,[6] though the title is now bimonthly.[7]
In October 2009, it was announced that Death Ray was to cease production, with issue 21 being the last in its run.[8]
Structure
Regular sections of the magazine include: Heat Ray, a news section; New Gods, featuring interviews with current 'hot properties' in science fiction; Deep Thought, with opinion and 'think piece' columns; and Dark Stars, the name of the reviews section, particularly notable for its extensive coverage of booksШаблон:Citation needed.
Name
Bielby has saidШаблон:Citation needed that the magazine's name is influenced by a combination of a) the name of the influential 1990s Californian music magazine Ray Gun, b) the name of the Martian 'heat-ray' weapon from H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (1898), c) the single issue story 'The Death Ray' from Daniel Clowes' Eightball comic book, d) an Australian comic book from WW2 called The Death Ray, and e) issue 64 of Marvel Comics' The Mighty Avengers, '...Like a Death Ray From the Sky!' (May 1969).
References
External links
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокMediaWeekне указан текст - ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Issue 6, The New Kids on the Block Шаблон:Webarchive, Pages 11-15, Hub Magazine (11 May 2007), Retrieved 6 December 2007
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ All change at Blackfish Шаблон:Webarchive, August 18, 2008
- ↑ DeathRay Subscriptions
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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