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''Jim Baen's Universe'' (JBU) was a bimonthly online fantasy and science fiction magazine created by Jim Baen (founder and long-time publisher of Baen Books). It is recognized by the SFWA as a Qualifying Short Fiction Venue.〔(List of SFWA Qualifying Short Fiction Venues )〕 ''JBU'' began soliciting materials in January 2006 and launched in June 2006. The magazine contained around 120,000 to 150,000 words per issue. It closed in 2010. Jim Baen died of a stroke on June 11, 2006 and did not see the magazine's full success. The first and only editor-in-chief was Eric Flint, an author and anthologist. The executive editor was Mike Resnick, a science fiction author, editor and anthologist. ''JBU'' had featured stories from a number of notable authors, including Alan Dean Foster, Gregory Benford, Esther Friesner, and Cory Doctorow.〔(Comprehensive Jim Baen Universe Authors Index )〕 Regular columnists included Eric Flint, Mike Resnick, Barry Malzberg, and Stephen Euin Cobb. Part of the magazine's philosophy was to nurture new authors, slots were reserved in each issue for new writers. Amateur writers were encouraged to submit their work via an online forum, referred to as "e-slush." Stories submitted to e-slush were reviewed by peers and associate editors. The theory was that this process may turn stories that were not quite publishable into publishable ones. Editor Eric Flint announced in August 2009 that the magazine would close after its April 2010 issue due to insufficient subscriber income.〔(Flint, Eric. "Universe Closing" ''Jim Baen's Universe'' August 2009 )〕 ==Awards and recognition== * Cory Doctorow's "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth" won the Locus Award for best novelette of 2006.〔(2007 Locus Award Winners )〕 * ''Locus'' cites four novelettes from Baen's Universe in its 2006 Recommended Reading List.〔(Locus magazine 2006 Recommended Reading List )〕 * Hugo Award winning editor Gardner Dozois selected three stories from ''Universe'' to include in his 2007 anthology. * Mike Resnick's "All the Things You Are" was nominated for (but did not win) the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Novelette〔(2007 Hugo Award Nominees )〕 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「Jim Baen's Universe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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