AustLit

Early Australian science-fiction magazine that, like most of its contemporaries, largely reprinted American material. Mike Ashley notes that Future Science Fiction was a companion publication to Popular Science Fiction, and suggests that, like other early Australian science-fiction magazines, they were 'more like anthologies than magazines since they had no editorial persona' (p.294).

Nevertheless, Future Science Fiction did publish some Australian content, including a story by Norma Hemming (q.v.), Australia's first significant female science-fiction writer: her story 'As We Were' appeared in issue 5 (November 1954).

Source: Mike Ashley, Transformations: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970, Liverpool University Press, 2005.

An early Australian science-fiction magazine that, like its predecessors, primarily reprinted content from American science-fiction magazines. Like its companion publication Future Science Fiction, however, Popular Science Fiction did include some Australian content, including a short story by Norma Hemming, Australia's first significant female science-fiction writer: her 'Symbiosis' appeared in issue 3 (March 1954).