SF Commentary

Fanzine usually edited by Bruce Gillespie, but sometimes edited by John Foyster.

SF Commentary was first published in 1969. It has been nominated for the 1972 Best Fanzine Hugo, the 1973 Best Fanzine Hugo, and the 1975 Best Fanzine Hugo.

There was an issue 55½, which appears to have been distributed as an insert to issue 54. Some issues have been double issues (e.g., 44/45 and 55/56), triple issues (35-36-37) or even quintuple issues (62/63/64/65/66). And there has been an issue 80A as a supplement to issue 80.

SF Commentary has won the Ditmar Award for best Australian fanzine a record five times: 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980 and 2002.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	January 1969	66
2	1969	47
3	June 1969	48
4	July 1969	70
5	August 1969	45
6	September 1969	45
7	November 1969	46
8	Easter 1969	40
9	1970	45
10	March-April 1970
11	May 1970	24
12	June 1970	26
13	July 1970	22
14	August 1970	24
15	September 1970	26
16	October 1970	26
17	November 1970	52
18	December 1970	24
19	January 1971	134
20	April 1971	52
21	May 1971	50
22	July 1971	50
23	September 1971	50
24	November 1971	50
25	December 1971	50
26	April 1972	120
27	June 1972	16
28	July 1972	50
29	August 1972	48
30	October 1972	40
31	December 1972	48
32	February 1973	42	Titled Journal of Omphalistic Epistemology
33	March 1973	50	Bruce lists his Favourite Books, Films and Music of 1972, plus a 42-page letter column
34	May 1973	44	Titled Journal of Omphalistic Epistemology 6 and SF Commentary 34.
35-36-37	July 1973	148	Triple Issue. "Science Fiction: A Hopeless Case - With Exceptions" by Stanislaw Lem; "A Survey of Soviet Science Fiction" by Darko Suvin; "Breakthroughs and Breakins" by Philip Dick.
38	September 1974	42
39	November 1973	24
40	December 1973	40	separate #40 published with Ed Cagle's Kwalhioqua 11
40	September 1974	60
41-42	February 1975	106	Double Issue
43	August 1975	64
44-45	December 1975	104	Double Issue
46	May 1976	34
47	August 1976	48
48-49-50	October 1976	146	Triple Issue
51	March 1977	20
52	June 1977	24
53	April 1978	36
54	November 1978	30
55-56	January 1979	68	Double Issue
57	November 1979	16
58	February 1980	16
59	April 1980	16
60-61	October 1980	32	Double Issue
62-66	June 1981	72	Quintuple Issue
67	January 1989	40
68	March 1990	40
69-70	January 1991	52	Double Issue
71-72	April 1992	96	Double Issue
73-74-75	October 1993	120	Triple Issue
76	October 2000	120
77	November 2001	84
78	February 2003	84
79	February 2004	72
80	August 2010	96	Issues 80-82 comprise the Fortieth Anniversary Edition
80A	August 2010	118
81	June 2011	88
82	August 2011	72
83	October 2012	80
84	November 2012	80
85	October 2013	92
86	February 2014	75
87	April 2014	80
88	January 2015	80
89	May 2015	76
90	November 2015	68
91	April 2016	76
92	July 2016	72
93	December 2016	64
94	June 2017	64
95	December 2017	96
96	April 2018	72
97	August 2018	72
98	April 2019	84	50th Anniversary Edition (part 1)
99	July 2019	80	50th Anniversary Edition (part 2)
100	November 2019	80	50th Anniversary Edition (part 3)
101	February 2020	80
102	July 2020	80
103	October 2020	36
104	November 2020	92
105	March 2021	80
106	March 2021	80
107	November 2021	100
108	February 2022	80
109	February 2022	20	A Bill Wright tribute. Also published as brg #121 for ANZAPA
110	July 2022	92
111	84
112	June 2023	76
113	July 2023	84
114	November 2023	84
115	March 2024	84
116	June 2024	84

• SF Commentary online at fanac.org
• Online at eFanzines.
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