The 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.
For similarly-titled works, see Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.Editor
Peter Nicholls, John Clute;
David Langford from 2011
United Kingdom
English
- Granada, 1979
- St. Martin's Press, 1993, 1995
- Orbit Books, 1993, 1999
- Print (1979, 1993, 1995, 1999)
- CD-ROM (1995)
- Online (2011)
- 672 pp, 1979
- 1370 pp, 1993
- 1386 pp, 1995
- 1396 pp, 1999
809.3876203
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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]