Tangent Subject: Science Fiction / Fantasy / Reviews & Criticism / For Readers Category: Magazine Country of Origin: USA Tangent is the only science fiction and fantasy short fiction review magazine. A quarterly publication, it reviews every original story in all North American SF/F professional magazines, many anthologies, and several SF magazines from the UK and Ireland. It features many author and editor profiles in each issue (with photos), informative and sometimes controversial columns, and a yearly reading list which serves as the macrolist from which the annual Theodore Sturgeon winner for Best Short SF is chosen.

Tangent has already become something of an institution in the field after only a few years, and performs an invaluable service for the genre Gardner Dozois, Year's Best SF #14 (1997) Tangent's reviews are thoughtful and useful, making the magazine an invaluable addition to the field for its coverage of short fiction Ellen Datlow, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #9 (1996)

Issues available: Our Price inc. p&p Status #20/21 Special double issue in which Ellen Datlow reflects on life at OMNI and Robert J. Sawyer remembers Judith Merril, plus profiles of Tom Purdom, Liz Holliday and Bruce Taylor, and reviews of over 100 SF/F magazines and collections (A4, 124pp) N/A out of print