Abstract
Contemporary developments in science fiction (SF) storytelling echo the innovations in the 1960s, led by New Worlds magazine. A new mode of SF, characterized as SciFi Strange is defined in terms of its literary qualities, sense of wonder, acceptance of diversity, reflection on basic human values and needs and exploration of the boundaries of reality and experience. Interviews are conducted with Michael Moorcock, editor of New Worlds from 1964-73; Andy Cox, editor of the SF magazine Interzone; Jason Sanford, SF writer and originator of the SciFi Strange concept and three other contemporary writers of SF short stories. It is concluded there are shifts in thematic emphasis similar to those inspired by New Worlds: these are emergent trends rather than managed, top-down changes. Modern SF writers seem to be rejecting nostalgia for technologically focused stories in favour of stories that tackle significant aspects of human experience such as politics and the abuse of power, ecological disaster and the fragility of identity. Writers and editors seem to share the view of those behind the 1960s new wave that mainstream literary fiction is not well suited to addressing these vital and complex issues.
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