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We publish Foundation, own and support the SFF Collection at the University of Liverpool, fund annual prizes and awards, organise events and publish the SFF book imprint.

About the SF Foundation

An introduction to the Science Fiction Foundation
The Science Fiction Foundation (Registered Charity No. 1041052) was founded in 1970 by the writer/social activist George Hay and others as a semi-autonomous association of writers, academics, critics and others with an active interest in science fiction, with Arthur C. Clarke and Ursula K. Le Guin as patrons. Our aim is to promote science fiction and bring together those who read, write, study, teach, research or archive science fiction in Britain and the rest of the world. We also want to support science fiction, at conventions, at conferences and at other events which bring those interested in science fiction together.

Latest...

Clarke Awards

The winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award has been anounced.

2008 AGM details

We are pleased to reveal the details of the AGM.

RIP Arthur C Clarke

Arthur C Clarke died at his home in Sri Lanka on March 18th. The Science Ficiton Foundation will have a more detailed statement here soon.

Foundation Editor

Foundation has a new editor, Graham Sleight. Issue #101 should be with subscribers now. More on Foundation....




Our main activities include publication of the journal Foundation: the international review of science fiction, and supporting the research library The Science Fiction Foundation Collection at the University of Liverpool. We have recently run successful conferences such as A Commonwealth of Science Fiction and the 2002 SFRA Conference, and published critical works on Ken MacLeod, Terry Pratchett and Babylon 5.

The four main objectives of the SFF are: to provide research facilities for anyone wishing to study science fiction; to investigate and promote the usefulness of science fiction in education; to disseminate information about science fiction; and to promote a discriminating understanding of the nature of science fiction.