F&SF was founded in 1949 by Mercury Publications (originally titled Magazine of Fantasy) and has since 2001 been published by Spilogale, Inc. F&SF was founded to cover the full range of sf, including fantasy, and to do so at a higher literary level than was common at the time. It was "Spotlighted Publisher" at Norwescon XXX.
Notable features: 399 science columns by Isaac Asimov, the Feghoot, many Gahan Wilson cartoons (and many cartons by others, also) a fascinating series of F&SF Competitions, a dozen single-author special issues, and the "Curiosities" column of, well, curiosities.
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction reprint anthology series is a long-standing, irregular series which reprints the best.
Years | Editors | Publication rate |
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Fall 1949 — August 1954 | Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas | Quarterly, then bi-monthly, then monthly |
September 1954 — August 1958 | Anthony Boucher | Monthly |
1958 | C. M. Kornbluth | Monthly |
1958 | William Tenn | Monthly |
September 1958 — March 1962 | Robert P. Mills | Monthly |
April 1962 — November 1964 | Avram Davidson | Monthly |
December 1964 — December 1965 | Joseph W. Ferman and Edward L. Ferman | Monthly |
January 1966 — June 1991 | Edward L. Ferman | Monthly |
July 1991 — May 1997 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch | Monthly |
June 1997 — present | Gordon van Gelder | Monthly, then bi-monthly |