Argentus
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{{Infobox magazine
|editor =Steven H Silver
|editor_title = Editor
|frequency =Annual
|category =Fanzine
|firstdate =September 12, 2001
|finaldate = 2014
|based = Deerfield, Illinois
|language =English
|website =[http://www.stevenhsilver.com/argentus.html Argentus website]
|issn = 2159-6727
|eissn = 2159-6735
}}
Argentus was a science fiction fanzine edited by Steven H Silver. It won the Chronic Rift Roundtable Award for Best Fanzine in 2009{{Cite web|last=Hawkins |first=Kit |title=The Chronic Rift's 2009 Roundtable Award Winners |work=SF Scope |date=2009-04-08 |url=http://sfscope.com/2009/04/the-chronic-rifts-2009-roundta.html |access-date=2011-07-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221072448/http://sfscope.com/2009/04/the-chronic-rifts-2009-roundta.html |archive-date=2010-12-21 }} and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine three times (2008–2010).{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2008-hugo-awards/ |title=2008 Hugo Awards |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2011-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164815/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2008-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=2011-05-07 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2009-hugo-awards/ |title=2009 Hugo Awards |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2011-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164818/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2009-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=2011-05-07 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2010-hugo-awards/ |title=2010 Hugo Awards |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2011-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164821/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2010-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=2011-05-07 |url-status=dead }} The magazine ended publication in 2014.[http://www.stevenhsilver.com/argentus.html Argentus issues]
Description
Published in paper and on-line annually beginning in 2001, Argentus is a general science fiction 'zine.{{Cite news | last = Glyer | first = Mike | authorlink = Mike Glyer | title = Chicon 2000 |work= Locus | location = Oakland, CA | pages = 37| date = November 2000 }} Occasionally an on-line only "Special Edition" is published which focuses on a specific theme. So far these have included science fiction fans and authors on game shows (2005), con-running (2009), and the completion of Neptune's first orbit (2011).
Contributors include Gregory Benford, Julie E. Czerneda, Mike Glyer, Janis Ian, Jay Lake, David Langford, Jack McDevitt, Mike Resnick, Stanley Schmidt, Robert Silverberg, Ted White, and Gene Wolfe.
The cartoonists and illustrators who contributed to Argentus include Sheryl Birkhead, Kurt Erichsen, Stu Shiffman, Maureen Starkey, Steve Stiles, delphyne woods, and Frank Wu.
Each issue contains numerous articles on a variety of topics, which can range from a look at silent film comedians to the tolerance of science fiction fans. The final section of each issue is entitled a "mock section," in which writers are asked to write an entry based on a theme, such as reviewing a fictitious version of a film based on a favorite book.{{Cite book | last = Kimmel | first = Daniel M. | authorlink = Daniel M. Kimmel | title = Jar Jar Binks Must Die | publisher = Fantastic Books | date = 2011 | location = New York, NY | pages = 149 | isbn = 978-1-61720-061-8}} The mock section is separated from the main body of the 'zine by a letter column.
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External links
- [http://www.stevenhsilver.com/argentus.html Argentus issues]
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Category:Magazines established in 2001
Category:Magazines disestablished in 2014
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