XB-1 (formerly Ikarie) is a Czech literary monthly magazine dedicated to science fiction, fantasy, and horror., Z Ikarie je XB-1, 23 November 2010Ikarie - literární měsíčník se zaměřením na sci-fi, fantasy a horor, the magazine description by Mladá fronta , LITERATURA+PR: Ikarie končí… XB-1 začíná! The Queen is dead, long live the Queen!Jason Sanford, The 300th issue of the Czech magazine XB-1, March 25, 2015
History The history of the magazine traces to the second half of 1980s when a samizdat fanzine Ikarie XB was founded. Four ises were published, with different names (Ikarie XB-1, Ikarie XB-2…). The name alludes to the 1963 Czechoslovak science fiction film Ikarie XB-1. After the Velvet Revolution it has become possible to establish an official publication, and in 1990 started publishing the magazine . In 1990 Mladá fronta discontinued the publication, but the team managed to find a new publisher, and continued the magazine under the name XB-1, which is the second part of the name of the starship Ikarie XB-1.
In 1986, the Ikarie fanzine won the Eurocon award.European Science Fiction Society | ESFS Awards | 1980 – 1989
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