Megalon

Marcello Branco says:

The Brazilian fanzine Megalon – Ficção Científica & Horror was published between 1988 and 2004, with 71 regular editions - in 2017 a 72th one came out. Arthur C. Clarke's centenary special. Its editorial line was to support the dissemination and development of Brazilian FC&F, having opened space for writers and fans. Its pages contained national and international news, publications received, interviews, articles, illustrations, short stories and book and film reviews. Occasionally, he also published comic stories.

Megalon is inserted in the context of the so-called Second Wave of Brazilian Science Fiction (1982-2004), which meant the revival of the genre in the country, after the difficult years of the military dictatorship, which interrupted the First Wave (1958-1972). While this first wave was formed mainly by writers around two publishers that regularly published Brazilian authors, the second wave saw the emergence of a new generation of fans and authors, who without the same space in traditional publishers, published mainly in fanzines that, over the years, became more and more sophisticated. In addition to Megalon, other important fanzines were from that time: Boletim Antares, Hiperespaço, Papêra Uirandê and Somnium - the latter published by the Science Fiction Readers Club (CLFC). Megalon is the most awarded Brazilian fanzine, with 10 awards, including 7 Nova Awards (Brazil) (between 1989 and 1996) and 3 Argos Awards (between 2000 and 2002). International names such as Orson Scott Card, Bruce Sterling, Jeff VanderMeer and Jean-Claude Dunyach have collaborated in their editions, in addition to important national authors, such as André Carneiro, Jorge Luiz Calife, Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro and Roberto de Sousa Causo.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	November 1988	16
2	January 1989	17
3	March 1989	20
3 bonus	March 1989	4
4	May 1989	22
4 bonus	May 1989	1
5	July 1989	34
6	September 1989	30
7	November 1989	34
8	January 1990	30
9	March 1990	34
10	May 1990	34
11	July 1990	34
12	September 1990	60
13	November 1990	40
14	January 1991	40
15	March 1991	44
24	January 1993	32
25	March 1993	30
25 bonus	March 1993	4
29	January 1994	30
29 bonus	January 1994	3
31	June 1994	40
31 bonus	June 1994	1
50	September 1998	38
50 bonus	September 1998	74
61	June 2001	40
62	September 2001	40
72	December 2017	60

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