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''Death Ray'' was a British magazine〔 devoted to science fiction and fantasy in all its forms, especially media-related topics and novels. It was published every two months, with the first issue going on sale in May 2007.〔 Typical issues were 132 pages, perfect bound, on glossy paper. ==History== ''Death Ray'' was created by Matt Bielby, the ex-Future Publishing staff member who was editor〔 on some of that company's significant titles, including ''Total Film'' magazine and ''SFX'' magazine, the dominant SF title. ''Death Ray'' is published by Blackfish Publishing, Bielby's magazine company, based in Bath, UK.〔 At their launches in 2007 ''Death Ray'' and ''SciFiNow'', launched April 2007, were the first magazines in recent years to challenge ''SFXs dominance of the science fiction magazine market in the UK 〔(''Issue 6, The New Kids on the Block'' ), Pages 11-15, Hub Magazine (11 May 2007), retrieved on 6 December 2007〕 but neither has yet to approach ''SFX'' in terms of popularity or sales. (A UK version of the American science fiction magazine ''Starlog'' was published for a couple years beginning in May 2000.) However, the magazine has been described by one source as wordier and offering greater depth〔(SF Diplomat: REVIEW - Death Ray Magazine (Issue One) )〕 than its two main competitors. In August 2008, Blackfish Publishing announced it had been bought by Rebellion Developments, the video game producer who already publish ''2000 AD'' and Abaddon Books. At that point, ''Death Ray'' changed to a new format (longer but quarterly) to allow Blackfish to launch other monthly special-interest titles such as ''Filmstar'',〔(All change at Blackfish ), August 18, 2008〕 though the title is now bimonthly.〔(DeathRay Subscriptions )〕 In October 2009, it was announced that ''Death Ray'' was to cease production, with issue 21 being the last in its run.〔(The death of Death Ray )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Death Ray (magazine)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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