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Noel Chidwick

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I'm Editor-in-Chief of Science Fiction magazine, Shoreline of Infinity (www.shorelineofinfinity.com), published in Scotland.

I've been a reader for as long as I can remember, my tastes tending towards the fantastical rather than the realistic. After all, isn't that the point of a story, to be taken to a different place?

Science Fiction and fantasy is where I have lived and dreamed since I first read Grimm's Stories. My teenage years were spent absorbing every word I could find by the likes of Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Wyndham, Bradbury, McCaffrey, LeGuin, Moorcock, Ballard, Priest.

I loved the early stuff from the 30s and 40s with writers such as E E Smith, Olaf Stapledon and the many other writers who earned their keeping bashing away at type ...more

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	Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 1, Summer 2015 by Noel Chidwick (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Larry Ivkovich (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Alex Barr (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 4, Summer 2016 by Noel Chidwick (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Holly Schofield (Goodreads Author), Gary Gibson (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 8½: Edinburgh International Book Festival Special Edition by Noel Chidwick (Goodreads Author), Ken MacLeod, Charles Stross (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 8, Summer 2017 by Noel Chidwick (Goodreads Author), Eric Brown, Jeannette Ng (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 5, Autumn 2016 by Noel Chidwick (Goodreads Author), Sára Júlia (Illustrator), Simon Mordem 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 3, Spring 2016 by Noel Chidwick (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.K. Fulton, Miriam Johnson 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 10, Winter 2017/18 by Noel Chidwick (Goodreads Author), Die Booth (Goodreads Author), Ephiny Gale (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 7, Spring 2017 by Noel Chidwick (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Davyne DeSye (Goodreads Author), David L. Clements 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 9, Autumn 2017 by Noel Chidwick (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Leigh Harlen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Pippa Goldschmidt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 11½: Edinburgh International Science Festival Special Edition by Noel Chidwick (Goodreads Author), Anne Charnock (Goodreads Author), Paul McCauley 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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On the Shoreline of Infinity

I’m having a great time at the moment. Mark Toner (musical and artistical friend for many years) and I have decided that the time is ripe to create a Science Fiction magazine. It’s called Shoreline of Infinity and with a good wind behind us, and the continuing support of some fine folk, the first issue will […]

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