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@4 SFX
@3 by zYLAX / PTK
@5This new magazine from Future Publishing is notable for it's lack of
computer-related articles. Ahhh... I've realized why now! It's a science
fiction magazine, hence the name - SFX.
Go to any newsagents and you'll see magazines for computers, fishing, motor
sports and perverts (ahem!). But one area that was severely lacking was a
decent sci-fi magazine. So you'll be glad to hear that SFX continues Future
Publishing's excellent standard of magazines, which included Your Sinclair in
the past and the famous Amiga Format now.
SEX..OOPS! Sorry! SFX (easy mistake to make!) has currently reached its
fourth issue (September'95) and seems to be growing in popularity. Whether
you're an avid watch'n'video-every-sci-fi-thing-on-TV freak or you just like
seeing the odd episode of X-Files or Star Trek, you'll find something of
interest in SFX. Something that surprised me in SFX was that they aren't
afraid of using the odd bit of bad language when necessary. For example the
first issue contained an interview with the author Iain M. Banks. While he
was describing an aspect of his stories, he used the phrase: DON'T TRY TO FUCK
WITH IT. Most magazines would be straight out with the exclamation marks and
astericks, but SFX proudly prints the answer for what it is (after all, it is
an interview so take it for what it is).
The magazine doesn't even stick to TV, video and movie based sci-fi and
includes reviews of books, models and ..er...tosh! Overall, everything is
researched well and the majority of the articles are going to be interesting to
a large percentage of the readers.
Obviously, if you think Star Trek is nothing more than a load of funny costumes
and all the X-Files should be shredded, then SFX won't interest you at all.
All I'm saying is that SFX is good at what it sets out to do - be a magazine
dedicated to science fiction. Highly recommended!