r/printSF
ActiveWritten Speculative Fiction in all its forms.
**A place to discuss published speculative fiction**—novels, short stories, comics, and more. Not sure if a book counts? Then post it! Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alt. History, Postmodern Lit., and more are all welcome here. **The key is that it be speculative, not that it fit some arbitrary genre guidelines**. Any sort of link or text post is welcome as long as it is about printed / text / static SF material.
Members
330,720
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 28, 2026
Posts (30 days)
100+
Created
2010
August 1, 2010
Total posts
43.8K
archived
Total comments
1.2M
archived
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r/printSF was created on August 1, 2010.
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