Sci Fiction


Sci Fiction was an online magazine which ran from 2000 to 2005. At one time, it was the leading online science fiction magazine. Published by Syfy and edited by Ellen Datlow, the work won multiple awards before it was discontinued.

History

The magazine was created by what was then the US Sci Fi Channel, and hosted at SCIFI.COM. The webzine starting publishing in May 2000. The principal editor was Ellen Datlow, who had previously edited two other online magazines: The online incarnation of OMNI, and Event Horizon.
The webzine first made a splash when Linda Nagata's "Goddesses" won the Nebula Award for Best Novella for 2000. It was the first time that a piece of fiction originally published on a website won a Nebula. In 2002 Ellen Datlow won her first Hugo Award for Best Editor. In 2003 stories from the webzine won three awards, the Nebula Awards for Best Short Story and Best Novelette, and the Theodore Sturgeon Award for Lucius Shepard's novella "Over Yonder". In 2005, Datlow won her second Hugo Award for Best Editor and the website itself won a Hugo for Best Website. She also won her first Locus Award for Best Editor in 2005.
In late 2005 the SciFi Channel announced that it would be shutting down the magazine. This decision was evidently made because the magazine was not a major revenue generator for the channel. SCIFI announced their intention to remove the Sci Fiction archived content as of June 2007, although some of it was still available over a year later. It has since been removed completely.

List of ''Sci Fiction'' short stories

Original stories published in the year 2000

TitleAuthorUploadedURL
Freeing the AngelsPat Cadigan and Chris FowlerMay 19, 2000
The War of the WorldsJames P. BlaylockMay 24, 2000
Malthusian's ZombieJeffrey FordMay 31, 2000
ChimeraKristine Kathryn RuschJune 7, 2000
Castle in the Desert: Anno Dracula 1977Kim NewmanJune 14, 2000
The Cure for EverythingSeverna ParkJune 22, 2000
Dune: Nighttime Shadows on Open SandBrian Herbert and Kevin J. AndersonJune 28, 2000
GoddessesLinda NagataJuly 5, 2000
Winter QuartersHoward WaldropAugust 2, 2000
Partial EclipseGraham JoyceAugust 9, 2000
Ciné RimettatoA. R. MorlanAugust 16, 2000
Tir-na-nOgDave HutchinsonAugust 23, 2000
The Real WorldSteven UtleyAugust 30, 2000
From the Files of the Time RangersRichard BowesSeptember 6, 2000
Birdy GirlRobert ReedSeptember 20, 2000
Wetlands PreserveNancy KressSeptember 27, 2000
The Origin of TruthTim LebbonOctober 4, 2000
NevadaA. M. DellamonicaOctober 11, 2000
The Other SideJames P. BlaylockOctober 18, 2000
The Far OasisJeffrey FordOctober 25, 2000
The Pottawatomie GiantAndy DuncanNovember 1, 2000
The Flyers of Gy: An Interplanary TaleUrsula K. Le GuinNovember 8, 2000
Tomorrow TownKim NewmanNovember 15, 2000
The DespobladoSteven UtleyNovember 22, 2000
A Cold DishLisa TuttleNovember 29, 2000
Chip Crockett's Christmas CarolElizabeth HandDecember 6, 2000

Classics

TitleAuthorUploadedURL
The Ugly ChickensHoward WaldropMay 31, 2000
The Pope of the ChimpsRobert SilverbergJune 14, 2000
The Ship Who SangAnne McCaffreyJune 28, 2000
Nine Hundred GrandmothersR. A. LaffertyJuly 12, 2000
Casey AgonistesRichard McKennaJuly 29, 2000
The Detweiler BoyTom ReamyAugust 9, 2000
A Wind Is RisingRobert SheckleyAugust 23, 2000
To Bell The CatJoan D. VingeSeptember 6, 2000
DescendingThomas M. DischSeptember 20, 2000
The Man Who Loved the FaioliRoger ZelaznyOctober 4, 2000
CoronaSamuel R. DelanyOctober 18, 2000
Belling MarthaLeigh KennedyNovember 1, 2000
When It ChangedJoanna RussNovember 15, 2000
The Dance of the Changer and the ThreeTerry CarrNovember 29, 2000
The Meaning of the WordChelsea Quinn YarbroDecember 13, 2000
The House the Blakeneys BuiltAvram DavidsonDecember 27, 2000
I Have No Mouth, and I Must ScreamHarlan EllisonJanuary 24, 2001
The Day the Martians CameFrederik PohlApril 4, 2001
Love Is the Plan the Plan Is DeathJames Tiptree, Jr.April 18, 2001
By the FallsHarry HarrisonMay 2, 2001
The Hat TrickFredric BrownMay 16, 2001
No Fire BurnsAvram DavidsonJune 6, 2001
The Tomb TapperJames BlishJune 20, 2001
Bernie the FaustWilliam TennJuly 11, 2001
Consider Her WaysJohn WyndhamAugust 8, 2001
The Market in AliensBarry N. MalzbergAugust 22, 2001
Light of Other DaysBob ShawSeptember 19, 2001
How Beautiful With BannersJames BlishOctober 3, 2001
Men without BonesGerald KershOctober 17, 2001
Bad MedicineRobert SheckleyNovember 7, 2001
The Heat Death of The UniversePamela ZolineDecember 12, 2001
The Thousand CutsIan WatsonJanuary 2, 2002
Auto-da-FéRoger ZelaznyJanuary 16, 2002
OutsideBrian W. AldissFebruary 6, 2002
The FuneralKate WilhelmMarch 19, 2002
Carcinoma AngelsNorman SpinradApril 3, 2002
The GeezenstacksFredric BrownApril 17, 2002
Hop-FriendTerry CarrJune 5, 2002
Clerical ErrorMark CliftonJune 17, 2002
Cordle To Onion To CarrotRobert SheckleyJuly 24, 2002
The Women Men Don't SeeJames Tiptree, Jr.August 21, 2002
It Becomes NecessaryWard MooreSeptember 11, 2002
Mrs. Pigafetta Swims WellReginald BretnorSeptember 25, 2002
The Screwfly SolutionRaccoona SheldonOctober 9, 2002
Flash PointGardner DozoisOctober 23, 2002
The Queen of Pig IslandGerald KershNovember 6, 2002
Waiting for Billy StarTom ReamyNovember 20, 2002
ProtectionRobert SheckleyDecember 11, 2002
More Spinned Against...John WyndhamDecember 25, 2002
Party of Two PartsWilliam TennJanuary 8, 2003
Let's Be FrankBrian W. AldissJanuary 22, 2003
The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday WorldPhilip José FarmerFebruary 5, 2003
CasablancaThomas M. DischFebruary 19, 2003
Humpty Dumpty had a Great FallFrank Belknap LongMarch 5, 2003
Frog PondChelsea Quinn YarbroApril 2, 2003
Temperature Days on Hawthorne StreetCharles L. GrantApril 16, 2003
High WeirSamuel R. DelanyMay 7, 2003

TitleAuthorUploadedURL
When I Was Miss DowSonya DormanMay 21, 2003
TouchstoneTerry CarrJune 4, 2003
A Full Member of the ClubBob ShawJune 18, 2003
David's DaddyRosel George BrownJuly 2, 2003
What Now, Little Man?Mark CliftonJuly 16, 2003
Thirty Days Had SeptemberRobert F. YoungAugust 6, 2003
The View from Endless ScarpMarta RandallAugust 20, 2003
It Walks in BeautyChandler DavisSeptember 3, 2003
Caught in the Organ DraftRobert SilverbergSeptember 17, 2003
The Transcendent TigersR. A. LaffertyOctober 1, 2003
The Fellow who Married the Maxill GirlWard MooreOctober 15, 2003
The GolemAvram DavidsonNovember 5, 2003
The Keepers of the HouseLester del ReyDecember 3, 2003
Minnesota GothicThomas M. DischDecember 17, 2003
The Prize of PerilRobert SheckleyJanuary 7, 2004
The StareJohn WyndhamJanuary 21, 2004
TwillaTom ReamyFebruary 4, 2004
Ballenger's PeopleKris Ottman NevilleFebruary 18, 2004
King Solomon's RingRoger ZelaznyMarch 3, 2004
The Little LambFredric BrownMarch 17, 2004
Sin's DoorwayManly Wade WellmanApril 7, 2004
The Dandelion GirlRobert F. YoungApril 21, 2004
Un Bel DiChelsea Quinn YarbroMay 5, 2004
Paul's TreehouseGene WolfeMay 19, 2004
The Girl Had GutsTheodore SturgeonJune 2, 2004
Aye, and GomorrahSamuel R. DelanyJuly 7, 2004
Among the DeadEdward BryantJuly 21, 2004
A Crowd of ShadowsCharles L. GrantAugust 4, 2004
Gods Hooks!Howard WaldropAugust 8, 2004
Can These Bones Live?Manly Wade WellmanSeptember 1, 2004
AllamagoosaEric Frank RussellSeptember 15, 2004
View from a HeightJoan D. VingeOctober 6, 2004
A Kingdom by the SeaGardner DozoisOctober 20, 2004
BagatelleJohn VarleyNovember 3, 2004
Two Weeks in AugustFrank M. RobinsonDecember 1, 2004
TransferBarry N. MalzbergDecember 15, 2004
Gather Blue RosesPamela SargentJanuary 5, 2005
Beam Us HomeJames Tiptree, Jr.January 19, 2005
Familiar PatternA. Bertram ChandlerFebruary 2, 2005
The Yellow PillRog PhillipsFebruary 16, 2005
They Don't Make Life Like They Used ToAlfred BesterMarch 2, 2005
The Sea Was Wet as Wet Can BeGahan WilsonApril 6, 2005
Brown RobertTerry CarrApril 20, 2005
The White King's DreamElizabeth A. LynnMay 18, 2005
TransformerChad OliverJune 1, 2005
MouseFredric BrownJune 15, 2005
Come On, WagonZenna HendersonJuly 6, 2005
The TenantsWilliam TennJuly 20, 2005
A Life in the Day of...Frank M. RobinsonAugust 3, 2005
To Be Continued...Robert SilverbergAugust 17, 2005
Under the Hollywood SignTom ReamySeptember 14, 2005
The Water SculptorGeorge ZebrowskiSeptember 28, 2005
PainwiseJames Tiptree, Jr.October 12, 2005
The Beautiful PeopleRobert BlochNovember 9, 2005
The Man Who Never ForgotRobert SilverbergNovember 23, 2005
Star Light, Star BrightAlfred BesterDecember 7, 2005
The Great Wall of MexicoJohn SladekDecember 21, 2005

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