Staff

Managing Editor:
Stacey Janssen

Section Editors

  • Reviews: Yoon Ha Lee
  • Features: Corie Ralston
  • News: Marti McKenna

Copy Editors

  • Sherry D. Ramsey
  • Amanda Reno
  • Paula Stiles
  • Kylee Peterson
  • Rena Saimoto

Publisher: Bluejack

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Frequently Asked Questions

What's with the Donations?

Subscriptions, as discussed in this faq, may be coming sooner or later, so check it out and see what you think of the idea. In the meantime, we're doing a little experiment with donations to see if we can avoid the whole subscription thing...

Learn more about Donations.

What are the different subscription options?

As it states in the subscription page, we want information to be free, but we also believe that authors should be compensated for their valuable work. Accordingly, we offer both free and paid subscriptions. The current structure is experimental, and may be modified at any time. However: any subscription is valid until its expiration date, no matter what changes we make to the system.

Casual
This is the basic free subscription that allows the reader to view two articles per week: one from the current issue, and one from the archives. This subscription auto renews prior to its expiration date and never carries a charge.
Fan
In the tradition of fanzines, we offer subscriptions to all users who provide us with a Letter of Comment. For now, the letter must be mailed by snailmail to:

The Internet Review of Science Fiction
The Pioneer Building, Suite 526
600 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

This free subcription is valid for two months from the date we activate the subscription. Additional LoC's will extend the subscription.

(We include this on the subscription drop-down so that people know it exists, but the only way it is activated is by our staff when we receive your letter.)
Regular
For $15 per year, the subscriber has access to all issues and all archives.
Supporting
For $25 per year (or more), the subscriber will be publically noted, thanked, and otherwise appreciated, and we'll send goodies. The subscriber otherwise has all the same access that a regular subscriber does.
Authors
Authors are given a six month subscription as part of the compensation for their work. If the author already has a subscription other than 'Casual', the termination date is extended six months from the prior date. Regular contributors may amass many years of subscription in this manner!

Will you review my book?

Maybe. We cannot promise a review for any title, but those titles we receive we make available to our reviewers.

Where should I send copies for review?

We are always happy to receive electronic editions of titles, whether the final publication is print or electronic. We prefer PDF format, but other formats may be acceptable. Please contact us for more details.

Printed materials may be sent to:

Internet Review of Science Fiction
The Pioneer Building, Suite 526
600 First Avenue, Suite 526
Seattle, WA 98104

What is Quintamid?

Quintamid LLC is the publishing company that funds The Internet Review of Science Fiction, among other publications.

What do you do with my information?

Can I trust you with my email?

We don't require much information, and what we do collect is solely for the purpose of greeting you when you come to the site, and sending you any communication that you have expressed an interest in.

We do not collect any demographic information.

We do not and will not sell (or give) any information, including your email address to any third parties for any reason. We do not have any creditors, so there are no entities that might be able to lean on us for your information. We have no intention of selling IROSF to any other entities, companies, or organizations.

IROSF runs on custom software designed with security in mind. It would curse the whole thing to actually make rash claims like "No one will ever break into our servers and steal your information," but to be honest, that's what we believe. And to prove us wrong, someone would have to work very hard for almost no benefit at all, seeing as we don't store any information useful for identity theft, and nor do we store any financial information at all.

Snailmail addresses are requested only from those submitting material to IROSF so that we can mail checks and/or contracts.

Can I Use Bug Me Not?

Now that we have paid-subscription options, we request that people not put paid-subscriptions on bugmenot. If we discover any such accounts, we will terminate them.

Don't you think it's nuts to charge for subscriptions?

Here's the deal. We are not a profitable enterprise, and are not aiming to be one. The editors are all unpaid. But we do believe that the labor of our authors deserves that they should be paid. We need to raise that money somehow.

We considered an advertising model, but IROSF is something of a niche market: we could never generate enough money from ad revenue to cover author payments. Even combining that with an associates program at a major bookseller, there's just not enough money in that for our volume. So, there's really no point in cluttering up the site with a bunch of garbage that's not interesting to our readers, and generally useless for our income needs.

We like the fundraising methodology used by Strange Horizons, but are not convinced that the market (that's you) will support a great number of annual fund-drives. Moreover, fundraisers are somewhat labor intensive, as well, what with all the prizes and gifts and whatnot. This remains a possibility, but we're not sure it's a good one.

We are still considering library, institutional, and other group memberships.

Maybe none of this will work, and we'll end up with egg on our face. But hey, you don't learn if you don't experiment.

My confirmation email never arrived. How can I get in?

First, check your spam filters. The confirmation email is automated, and some spam filters detect automated emails and (reasonably enough) consider them trash.

Second, try our Problem Solver to resend the email, in case it just got lost in the shuffle.

If you've done this a couple of times and it's still not showing up, please contact Bluejack with all relevant particulars (email, username, etc.). You may have found a new bug.

I forgot my password. What do I do?

Use our problem solver page. It will be happy to remind you of your password.

Will you support my browser/PDA?

We hope to expand support for mobile devices and non-traditional browsers. In order to help us keep up with demand, please contact Bluejack and let him know what you are using.