Starlog, the magazine that helped define organised science-fiction fandom before the internet replaced much of traditional fan publishing, is returning to print after 17 years away. The revived magazine will operate as an annual publication, with its first issue hitting newsstands on November 13, 2026.
The 100-page issue, priced at $19.99, will be sold at Barnes & Noble, Target and Walmart across North America. It is edited by Annalee Newitz, the science journalist and novelist who co-founded io9 in 2008. The publication is part of the Fangoria network, which also resurrected the horror magazine Fangoria.
A 50th Anniversary Comeback
Starlog launched in 1976, one year before Star Wars rewired popular culture. Across 374 issues it became the essential text for anyone who cared about space science fiction, covering Star Trek, Star Wars, Alien, Battlestar Galactica and Jurassic Park. When it ceased publication in April 2009, the genre lost its paper conscience.
The relaunch coincides with the magazine’s 50th anniversary. The anniversary issue features cover art by Gabriel Yeganyan, whose credits include Star Wars and Highguard. Its centrepiece is a conversation between LeVar Burton — Geordi La Forge himself — and particle physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, exploring where real science and Star Trek intersect.
More Than a Magazine
The revival is a broader media brand rather than simply a resurrected magazine. The relaunch includes a weekly podcast hosted by Jordan Hoffman and Dave Gonzales, and a weekly newsletter called The Lodestar. Meredith Borders, Fangoria’s senior editor since its 2018 revival, takes the same job at Starlog. Pre-orders for the first issue are open now through the Starlog website. The decision to launch as an annual rather than a monthly is a deliberate one: monthly print runs require advertising and distribution that the old model could no longer sustain, while a premium annual, sold in supermarkets, bookshops and comic shops, gives the brand a collectible flagship. A previous attempt to revive the brand in 2014, as a website and then a digital magazine, never materialised — this time there is a print date and a price.
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