Albedo One
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Albedo One is an Irish horror, fantasy and science fiction magazine. It was founded in 1993 and was originally published by Tachyon Publications out of Dublin. Currently, it is published by Albedo One Productions. Issues appear two or three times a year both as a PDF download and as an A4 size print magazine. Albedo One publishes stories from Irish, European and international authors. Its editors are John Kenny, Bob Neilson, David Murphy, Frank Ludlow and Roelof Goudriaan.
[edit] Notable authors
Notable authors published in the magazine include:
- Patricia Anthony
- Hugh Cook
- Esther M. Friesner
- Colin Greenland
- Anne McCaffrey
- Ian McDonald
- David Murphy
- Dermot Ryan
- Norman Spinrad
- Brian Stableford
- Jeff Vandermeer
- Liz Williams
- David D. Levine
- Ruth Nestvold
- Justin Stanchfield
- Fred Johnston
- Sam Millar
- John W. Sexton
- Nina Allan
- Gill Alderman
- Mike O'Driscoll
The magazine won the European Science Fiction Society Best Magazine Award in 1997, and won the European Science Fiction Society Best Publisher Award in 1997 and 1999. Stories featured in the magazine are often highlighted with Honorable Mentions in various Year's Bests anthologies, such as the Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois and the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant. Stories from Albedo One have also recently begun to appear reprinted in the Year's Best volumes.
Since 2004 Albedo One has sponsored the Aeon Award, a contest aimed at promoting new writers and writing in the speculative fiction genres. The winner of the first Aeon Award (2004-2005) was Irish author Julian West, for his story My Marriage. Grand Judge Ian Watson commented: "One of the many first-rate stories in this shortlist, I chose as winner 'My Marriage' because I found it rather unsettling and I wouldn't be surprised if it is subsequently short-listed for the Lambda Award, the award for stuff that pushes gender boundaries." The winner was announced at the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention held in Glasgow, August 2005.[1]
The percentage of entrants by nationality to the second Aeon Award 2006-2007 can be seen at the following link: Percentage of Aeon Entrants 2006-2007 by Nationality.
Also associated with Albedo One is Aeon Press, Ireland's only dedicated publisher of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Its most notable release is Emerald Eye: Best Irish Imaginative Fiction (2005), edited by Roelof Goudriaan and Frank Ludlow. The collection comprises science fiction, fantasy and horror from modern Irish authors and is noted for the controversy generated over its dark tone and lack of stereotypical Irish fantasy elements (e.g. leprochauns). In particular, a review on Tangent Online generated a long running debate concerning the nature of "Irish" fantasy, "Irishness" and the art of reviewing. See Emerald Eye review - Tangent Online
[edit] References
- ^ "The Inaugural Aeon Award, 2004-2005" Albedo One, Issue 31
