Vector (journal)

Vector is the critical journal^[1][2][3] (sometimes called a fanzine^[4]) of the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA), established in 1958.^[5]

Vector

Editor	Phoenix Alexander
Editor	Polina Levontin
Editor	Jo L. Walton
Former editors	Anna McFarlane, Glyn Morgan, Shana Worthen, Niall Harrison, Geneva Melzack, Andrew M. Butler, Tony Cullen, Gary Dalkin, Maureen Kincaid Speller, Catie Cary, Kev McVeigh, Boyd Parkinson, David Barrett, Paul Kincaid, Geoff Rippington, Alan Dorey, Kevin Smith, Alan Dorey, Eve Harvey, Joseph Nicholas, Mike Dickinson, Dave Wingrove, Christopher Fowler, Malcolm Edwards, Bob Parkinson, Michael Kenward, Tony Sudberry, Vic Hallett, Phil Muldowney, Doreen Parker, Ken Slater, Steve Oakley, Roger Peyton, Jim Groves, Ella Parker, Archie Mercer, Roberta Gray, Michael Moorcock, Terry Jeeves, E.C. Tubb
Categories	Science fiction
Format	A4
First issue	Summer 1958
Company	British Science Fiction Association (BSFA)
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London
Language	English
Website	vector-bsfa.com
ISSN	0505-0448

History

The first issue of Vector was published in 1958 under the editorship of E. C. Tubb.^[3] The publication was established as an irregular newsletter for members of the BSFA, founded in the same year, but "almost at once it began to produce reviews and essays, polemics and musings, about the nature and state of science fiction."^[6]

The publication has changed format and periodicity many times over the years.^[7] Since 2018 it has been edited by Polina Levontin and Jo Lindsay Walton, with Phoenix Alexander joining as editor-in-chief in 2024. It currently focuses on articles and interviews, and is published "two to three times per year."^[2]