Mir Fantastiki
Cover of March 2015 issue featuring Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who
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| Editor-in-chief | Sergey Serebryansky |
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| Categories | Science fiction and fantasy media |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Igromedia Ltd. |
| Total circulation | 15,000 (September 2016) |
| Year founded | 2003 |
| First issue | September 2003 |
| Country | Russia |
| Based in | Moscow, Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Website | Mirf.ru |
Mir Fantastiki (Russian: Мир фантастики), officially abbreviated as MirF, is a Russian monthly science fiction and fantasy magazine. The name also refers to the website run by the magazine, Mirf.ru, and official VK community.
Mir Fantastiki literally translates from Russian as World of Speculative Fiction. In Western media it is sometimes referred to as Fantasy World or World of Fiction.
MF is published by Igromedia publishing house, along with video game magazine Igromania, since September 2003. It is distributed in major ex-USSR countries via trade net and postal subscription, as well as through publisher-owned online shop Journalshop.ru. Its editorial office is situated in Moscow.
Mir Fantastiki used to be one of the main Russian periodical SF&F editions, along with Esli and Polden, XXI vek. Since 2013 it remains the only broadly circulated survivor in its niche after an industry crisis. Unlike the other two, which were literary magazines publishing short stories, Mir Fantastiki is largely devoted to media review and sci-fi/fantasy geek subculture. It covers all sorts of science fiction and fantasy media, whether literature, movies, TV shows, video games or comics. Their official motto is "Fantasy and science fiction in all their aspects".
While the magazine is seen sometimes as a Russian counterpart to Locus or SFX, Mir Fantastiki shares certain traits with both. Its book section is largest and contains not only reviews, but also literary criticism and master classes of writing by experienced authors, most often by H. L. Oldie. However, in other sections it also covers mainstream western science fiction and fantasy franchises, such as Middle-earth or Star Wars, as well as video game and comic franchises. Mir Fantastiki reviews horror fiction as well, but less frequently than sci-fi and fantasy.
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