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{{Short description|Canadian science fiction webzine (2006–2012)}}
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| editor_title = Overlord
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| frequency = weekly
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| paid_circulation = 0
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| unpaid_circulation = approx. 2,000 RSS/Email Subscribers/month<br>(as of Sept, 2011)
| unpaid_circulation = approx. 2,000 RSS/Email Subscribers/month<br>(as of Sept, 2011)
| category = [[Fiction]], [[Flash fiction]]
| category = [[Fiction]], [[Flash fiction]]
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| publisher = [[Every Day Publishing Ltd.]]
| publisher = [[Every Day Publishing Ltd.]]
| firstdate = {{start date and age|2006|09|1}}
| firstdate = {{start date and age|2006|9|1}}
| finaldate = 2012
| country = {{flag|Canada}}
| country = Canada
| language = [[American English]]
| language = [[American English]]
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| website = [http://www.raygunrevival.com raygunrevival.com]
| issn = 1918-1000
| issn = 1918-1000
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'''''Ray Gun Revival''''' (RGR) was a [[webzine]] of [[space opera]] and golden age [[science fiction]]. The first issue was published in July 2006. Founded by Johne Cook, L. S. King, and Paul Christian Glenn, who call themselves "Overlords", ''RGR'' was inspired in part by the (now defunct) ''Deep Magic'' PDF e-zine. Some of the same contributors who worked with Deep Magic now work with RGR. It features [[short stories]] and [[Serial (literature)|serials]], and is known for its lavish, science-fiction-themed [[cover art]].


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In 2009, Bill Snodgrass of [[Double Edged Publishing]] decided to take a step back from publishing fiction and the Overlords announced that the magazine's future was uncertain.<ref>Johne Cook, The Final Proclamation, ''Ray Gun Revival Issue 57'', "http://rgr.everydaypublishing.ca/stories/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/RGR_0057_2010.pdf"</ref> This announcement was seen by [[Jordan Ellinger]], RGR contributing author and managing editor of ''[[Every Day Fiction]]''. Long a fan of the magazine, Ellinger volunteered to take over publication in a new format under the [[Every Day Publishing]] label, subject to the condition that the magazine not publish any work by any member of its staff. He envisioned a new semi-pro magazine that would publish in a weekly format, anchored by at least one pro-author per month.<ref>Paul Christian Glenn, RGR 2.0, The Return of Swashbuckling Space Adventure Fiction, ''Ray Gun Revival Issue 58'', "[http://www.raygunrevival.com/rgr-2-0-the-return-of-swashbuckling-space-adventure-fiction-by-paul-christian-glenn/]"</ref>
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'''Ray Gun Revival''' (RGR) is a [[webzine]] of [[space opera]] and golden age [[science fiction]]. The first issue was published in July 2006. Founded by Johne Cook, L. S. King, and Paul Christian Glenn, who call themselves "Overlords", RGR was inspired in part by the (now defunct) Deep Magic PDF e-zine. Some of the same contributors who worked with Deep Magic now work with RGR. It features [[short stories]] and [[Serial (literature)|serials]], and is known for its lavish, science-fiction-themed [[cover art]].


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Early in the magazine's new format, ''RGR'' was approached by [[Mike Resnick]] as a potential home for his Catastrophe Baker series. To-date, the magazine has published eight Catastrophe Baker stories
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In 2009, Bill Snodgrass of [[Double Edged Publishing]] decided to take a step back from publishing fiction and the Overlords announced that the magazine's future was uncertain.<ref>Johne Cook, The Final Proclamation, ''Ray Gun Revival Issue 57'', "http://rgr.everydaypublishing.ca/stories/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/RGR_0057_2010.pdf"</ref> This announcement was seen by [[Jordan Ellinger]], RGR contributing author and Managing Editor of [[Every Day Fiction]]. Long a fan of the magazine, Ellinger volunteered to take over publication in a new format under the [[Every Day Publishing]] label, subject to the condition that the magazine not publish any work by any member of its staff. He envisioned a new semi-pro magazine that would publish in a weekly format, anchored by at least one pro-author per month.<ref>Paul Christian Glenn, RGR 2.0, The Return of Swashbuckling Space Adventure Fiction, ''Ray Gun Revival Issue 58'', "[http://www.raygunrevival.com/rgr-2-0-the-return-of-swashbuckling-space-adventure-fiction-by-paul-christian-glenn/]"</ref>


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RayGunRevival.com was featured on [[SciFi.com]] as "Site of the Week" on June 13, 2007.<ref>Site of the Week, ''Syfy'', "[http://www.scifi.com/sfw/sites/sfw15948.html]"</ref>
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Early in the magazine's new format, RGR was approached by [[Mike Resnick]] as a potential home for his Catastrophe Baker series. To-date, the magazine has published eight Catastrophe Baker stories

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RayGunRevival.com was featured on [[SciFi.com]] as "Site of the Week" on June 13, 2007.
.<ref>Site of the Week, ''Syfy'', "[http://www.scifi.com/sfw/sites/sfw15948.html]"</ref>


==Controversy==
==Controversy==
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In August 2007, the magazine found itself caught up in the controversy surrounding [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America|SFWA]]'s issuance of overly broad [[DMCA]] takedown notices. It had been a policy of Overlord [[Johne Cook]] to upload back issues of the magazine to [[Scribd]], an online repository for the exchange of documents, as a way of attracting traffic to the site, and SFWA ordered these issues removed against his wishes. Cook contacted [[Cory Doctorow]], [[John Scalzi]], and [[Jason Bentley]] about the notices,<ref>Johne Cook, Overlords Lair, ''Ray Gun Revival Issue 29'', "[http://www.raygunrevival.com/Published/RGR_0029_2007_09_01.pdf]"</ref> and Doctorow quickly published an article on the notices in his webzine [[Boing Boing]].<ref>Cory Doctorow, Science Fiction Writes of America Abuses DMCA, ''Boing Boing'', "[http://boingboing.net/2007/08/30/science-fiction-writ-1.html]"</ref> News quickly spread from there.<ref>Chris Meadows, SFWA Issues Mistakenly Broad DMCA Notices, ''Teleread'', "{{cite web |url=http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/sfwa-issues-mistakenly-broad-dmca-takedown-notice/ |title=SFWA issues mistakenly broad DMCA takedown notice—unwittingly harming sci-fi writers such as Cory Doctorow &#124; TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics |accessdate=2011-05-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205001905/http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/sfwa-issues-mistakenly-broad-dmca-takedown-notice/ |archivedate=2011-12-05 }}"</ref>

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In August 2007, the magazine found itself caught up in the controversy surrounding [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America|SFWA]]'s issuance of overly broad [[DMCA]] takedown notices. It had been a policy of Overlord [[Johne Cook]] to upload back issues of the magazine to [[Scribd]], an online repository for the exchange of documents, as a way of attracting traffic to the site, and SFWA ordered these issues removed against his wishes. Cook contacted [[Cory Doctorow]], [[John Scalzi]], and [[Jason Bentley]] about the notices,<ref>Johne Cook, Overlords Lair, ''Ray Gun Revival Issue 29'', "[http://www.raygunrevival.com/Published/RGR_0029_2007_09_01.pdf]"</ref> and Doctorow quickly published an article on the notices in his webzine [[Boing Boing]].<ref>Cory Doctorow, Science Fiction Writes of America Abuses DMCA, ''Boing Boing'', "[http://boingboing.net/2007/08/30/science-fiction-writ-1.html]"</ref> News quickly spread from there.<ref>Chris Meadows, SFWA Issues Mistakenly Broad DMCA Notices, ''Teleread'', "[http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/sfwa-issues-mistakenly-broad-dmca-takedown-notice/]"</ref>


This incident was one of the issues that caused the future President of [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America|SFWA]], [[John Scalzi]], to endorse winning candidate [[Russell Davis (writer)|Russell Davis]] over [[Andrew Burt]], head of the ePiracy committee at that time, for President of the organization.<ref>John Scalzi, A Gut Check Moment for SFWA, ''Whatever'', "[http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/02/18/a-gut-check-moment-for-sfwa/]"</ref>
This incident was one of the issues that caused the future President of [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America|SFWA]], [[John Scalzi]], to endorse winning candidate [[Russell Davis (writer)|Russell Davis]] over [[Andrew Burt]], head of the ePiracy committee at that time, for President of the organization.<ref>John Scalzi, A Gut Check Moment for SFWA, ''Whatever'', "[http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/02/18/a-gut-check-moment-for-sfwa/]"</ref>

==Closure==
On 7 October 2012 the magazine announced it was closing, with a headline "Overlords’ Lair: One Last Story".<ref>Last Issue, "[http://www.raygunrevival.com/]"</ref>


==Editors==
==Editors==
* [[Johne Cook]], Overlord 2006–2012

* [[Johne Cook]], Overlord 2006–Present
* [[L.S.King]], Overlord 2006–2012
* [[L.S.King]], Overlord 2006–Present
* [[Paul Christian Glenn]], Overlord 2006–2012
* [[Paul Christian Glenn]], Overlord 2006–Present


==Authors published in EDF==
==Authors published in EDF==
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Every Day Fiction]]
* [[List of literary magazines]]
* [[List of literary magazines]]
* [[Science fiction magazine]]
* [[Horror fiction magazine]]
* [[List of Canadian magazines]]
* [[List of Canadian magazines]]
* [[Space opera]]
* [[Online magazine]]


== References ==
== References ==
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* [http://www.raygunrevival.com/ Ray Gun Revival] (official web site)
* [http://www.raygunrevival.com/ Ray Gun Revival] (official web site)


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[[Category:2006 establishments in Canada]]
[[Category:Science fiction magazines]]
[[Category:2012 disestablishments in Canada]]
[[Category:Online magazines published in Canada]]
[[Category:Science fiction magazines published in Canada]]
[[Category:Weekly magazines published in Canada]]
[[Category:Defunct magazines published in Canada]]
[[Category:Fantasy fiction magazines]]
[[Category:Fantasy fiction magazines]]
[[Category:Horror fiction magazines]]
[[Category:Horror fiction magazines]]
[[Category:Online magazines]]
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Latest revision as of 13:43, 14 August 2024

Ray Gun Revival
OverlordJohne Cook, L. S. King, Paul Christian Glenn
CategoriesFiction, Flash fiction
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherEvery Day Publishing Ltd.
Unpaid circulationapprox. 2,000 RSS/Email Subscribers/month
(as of Sept, 2011)
First issueSeptember 1, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-09-01)
Final issue2012
CountryCanada
LanguageAmerican English
Websiteraygunrevival.com
ISSN1918-1000

Ray Gun Revival (RGR) was a webzine of space opera and golden age science fiction. The first issue was published in July 2006. Founded by Johne Cook, L. S. King, and Paul Christian Glenn, who call themselves "Overlords", RGR was inspired in part by the (now defunct) Deep Magic PDF e-zine. Some of the same contributors who worked with Deep Magic now work with RGR. It features short stories and serials, and is known for its lavish, science-fiction-themed cover art.

In 2009, Bill Snodgrass of Double Edged Publishing decided to take a step back from publishing fiction and the Overlords announced that the magazine's future was uncertain.[1] This announcement was seen by Jordan Ellinger, RGR contributing author and managing editor of Every Day Fiction. Long a fan of the magazine, Ellinger volunteered to take over publication in a new format under the Every Day Publishing label, subject to the condition that the magazine not publish any work by any member of its staff. He envisioned a new semi-pro magazine that would publish in a weekly format, anchored by at least one pro-author per month.[2]

Early in the magazine's new format, RGR was approached by Mike Resnick as a potential home for his Catastrophe Baker series. To-date, the magazine has published eight Catastrophe Baker stories

RayGunRevival.com was featured on SciFi.com as "Site of the Week" on June 13, 2007.[3]

Controversy

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In August 2007, the magazine found itself caught up in the controversy surrounding SFWA's issuance of overly broad DMCA takedown notices. It had been a policy of Overlord Johne Cook to upload back issues of the magazine to Scribd, an online repository for the exchange of documents, as a way of attracting traffic to the site, and SFWA ordered these issues removed against his wishes. Cook contacted Cory Doctorow, John Scalzi, and Jason Bentley about the notices,[4] and Doctorow quickly published an article on the notices in his webzine Boing Boing.[5] News quickly spread from there.[6]

This incident was one of the issues that caused the future President of SFWA, John Scalzi, to endorse winning candidate Russell Davis over Andrew Burt, head of the ePiracy committee at that time, for President of the organization.[7]

Closure

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On 7 October 2012 the magazine announced it was closing, with a headline "Overlords’ Lair: One Last Story".[8]

Editors

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Authors published in EDF

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Johne Cook, The Final Proclamation, Ray Gun Revival Issue 57, "http://rgr.everydaypublishing.ca/stories/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/RGR_0057_2010.pdf"
  2. ^ Paul Christian Glenn, RGR 2.0, The Return of Swashbuckling Space Adventure Fiction, Ray Gun Revival Issue 58, "[1]"
  3. ^ Site of the Week, Syfy, "[2]"
  4. ^ Johne Cook, Overlords Lair, Ray Gun Revival Issue 29, "[3]"
  5. ^ Cory Doctorow, Science Fiction Writes of America Abuses DMCA, Boing Boing, "[4]"
  6. ^ Chris Meadows, SFWA Issues Mistakenly Broad DMCA Notices, Teleread, ""SFWA issues mistakenly broad DMCA takedown notice—unwittingly harming sci-fi writers such as Cory Doctorow | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics". Archived from the original on 2011-12-05. Retrieved 2011-05-12."
  7. ^ John Scalzi, A Gut Check Moment for SFWA, Whatever, "[5]"
  8. ^ Last Issue, "[6]"
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