Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine

Asimov's Science Fiction began life as the digest-sized Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (or IASFM for short) in 1977.

Joel Davis of Davis Publications approached Asimov to lend his name to a new SF magazine, after the fashion of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine or Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Asimov refused to act as editor, but served instead as editorial director, writing editorials and replying to reader mail until his death in 1992.

The magazine was sold to Dell Magazines in January 1992, a few months before Isaac Asimov's death, and the title changed to Asimov's Science Fiction. In 1996, Dell Magazines was sold to Crosstown Publications, owners of Penny Publications.

Editor	Dates	Publisher	Notes
George H. Scithers	1977–1982	Davis Publications	Two Hugo Awards
Kathleen Moloney	1982		[interim editor]
Shawna McCarthy	1983–1985		One Hugo Award
Gardner Dozois	1986–2004	Bantam Doubleday Dell as of January 1992; sold to Crosstown Publications in 1996	Fifteen Hugo Awards
Sheila Williams	2004–present		One Hugo Award

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