One of the joys of magazines is the variety they provide. They are like old radio stations, where you can flip through channels to listen to a particular flavor of music, but are also limited to the music they play. Once and a while, a favorite band plays a new song, and it is exciting.…
Aside from finding out that your favorite magazine is ceasing publishing–something I experienced when the wonderful SCIENCE FICTION AGE ended its 8-year run nearly a quarter century ago–one of the more depressing trends for a magazine reader is to find your magazine putting out fewer issues in the space of a year than it once…
I saw the new Dune film the other night. I enjoyed it, although I hadn’t realized that it was going to be a 2-parter. I’m kind of tired of multipart films; it’s too long in between and I lose the continuity of the story. Better to remake Dune as a miniseries anyway, it seems to…
Went to the mailbox today and found two copies of the June Asimov’s shrink-wrapped together in a nice, tight little package. The label on the outside was not my standard subscription label, but my name and address was there. Looking at it, I guessed that perhaps I was supposed to received a couple of author’s…
I have been behind on my science reading since late last year. In part this has been due to other demands on my time. My Vacation in the Golden Age has crowded out most of my other reading, for instance, including keeping up with my science magazines. But over the weekend, I glanced at the…
Good news! Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show is now available on the Kindle. I have a soft spot for IGSM. Not only do they publish very good science fiction and fantasy, but they also published my first pro science fiction story, “When I Kissed the Learned Astronomer” back in July 2007. If you’ve never…
I have been gathering quite a collection of old issues of Astounding Science Fiction, some of them more than 70 years old. Ultimately, for my Vacation in the Golden Age, I’ll have more than 120 issues of the magazine spanning from 1939 – 1950. I’m looking for advice on the best way to store these…
For those who enjoy good science fiction and fantasy, Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, issue #20 is online today. I have a soft spot in my heart for this gem of a magazine since they published my first story, “When I Kissed the Learned Astronomer” way back in issue #5. In particular, Id’ call…
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Veterans Day weekend, Kelly and I are heading up to Stony Point, New York to visit with vickyandnorm as well as strausmouse and rmstraus. Since it’s a long drive, and since it’s about that time anyway, I made an appointment at Saturn for this Saturday for my next regularly scheduled maintenance. I’ll be there bright…
IGMS Issue #6 was released on Friday and is now available. I recommend it. In addition to great stories and illustrations, it’s got an interview with Robert J. Sawyer. Check it out today!
Read this from slushmaster via mabfan. With the decline continuing in markets for short speculative fiction, the assistant editor of Realms of Fantasy is urging a subscription drive for all short science fiction, fantasy and horror magazines as a way of supporting the art form and bolstering their subscriptions. Doing this preserves a commercial art…