Magazines?

[SDNess]

So...anyone read/subscribe to any sf/f magazines?

Locus
Realms of Fantasy
Asimov's
Analog

Those are the 4 I know of. I've never read Locus...it looks good though.

 

[dwndrgn]

I used to read Analog but I can't afford it nowadays. I'd love to get any or all of the above you mentioned but I just can't fit it into the budget. Do you subscribe to any of them? Or do you get them at a newsstand if the issue looks good?

 

[Brian G Turner]

I'm afraid I only get New Scientist. Originally it was for resaerch, but now just out of habit, I guess. I really should get some of those mentioned, though.

 

[SDNess]

I don't get any of them unfortunately. School, sports, etc. take up so much time I have hardly any time to read the magazines I get. I'm going to in the future though. I have one really old issue of Asimov's that my Grandpa found at a yard sale.

What is in Locus though?

EDIT:And I have never seen it in a store, unlike the other three.

 

[littlemissattitude]

Magazines have gotten much to expensive either to buy or to subscribe to. And, since my library doesn't get anything good anymore - mostly just gossip magazines and women's magazines and health magazines these days - I rarely read a magazine. I used to subscribe to "Discover", "Omni" (and oh how I miss it since it stopped publication), and "Rolling Stone". Now, I'll pick up "Discover" maybe once a year if there's something in it I really want to read, and that's about it.

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

I think Locus is a a sort of magazine ABOUT the sf and fantasy world (publishing, writers, conventions, that sort of thing). I read a lot of online zines, the only magazines I subscribe to are couple of news magazines, I'm afraid.

 

[Deep Space Nina]

Well, I am writing for the AGM-Magazin (a German one mostly on games and movies - not a SF- or fantasy-magazine, but of course quite a part of the content turns out like that. As it has over 100 pages, there is much to read when I get the issues.
And I get the "Andromeda Nachrichten", the member´s magazine of a big SF-club.

Other stuff I read is mostly online, in blogs and e-zines. There are a bunch of nice ones.

 

[johnnyjet]

I used to get Locus, Analog, Asimov's and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF) regularly. Now I only subscribe to F&SF. Couldn't afford to keep all those subscriptions up.

Locus was/is great! It is a magazine about fantasy & science fiction with lots of interesting stuff. They have a free website that provides lots of current information, reviews, etc: http://www.locusmag.com/ I highly recommend checking it out.

 

[Roy1]

There is a free copy of the British SF magazine Interzone 230 availlable as an e book from here. This is a 2010 edition and has stories from Aliette de Bodard, Tim Lees, Nina Allan, Patrick Samphire and Lavie Tidhar. Newer editions are not free.

This is from Smashwords so you may wish to switch to safe search before visiting the site. Interzone 230 is fine but other books on Smashwords are less than PC.

 

[BigBadBob141]

I have an on going subscriptions to Analog, Asimov's & F&SF magazines.
Plus Ellory Queen & Alfred Hitchcock mystery mags.
I used to have Realms Of Fantasy but don't bother any more.
I was very annoyed when they killed off Science Fiction Age, Realms sister mag, which I really enjoyed.

 

[Roy1]

Realms of Fantasy also died a while back.

 

[Dan Jones]

These are the ones I'm currently engaging with

Asimov's
Lightspeed
Sci Phi
Interzone
Strange Horizons
Space and Time
Challenger
Clarkesworld
Phase 2

I'm tending to use Kindle versions at present to prevent a repeat of the epic paper clutterstorms I created in my younger days.

 

[Roy1]

'Space and Time' still going? Not heard of Phase 2. I'll look them up.

 

[Dan Jones]

Yup, still going - not currently open for submissions though.

Phase 2 is relatively new kid on the block - found them through Twitter. Which means doubtless there are more out there that we haven't heard of!

 

[Mark Ragland]

I had a friend who would share his copies of Omni back in the day. Wondered what became of that magazine.

 

[J-Sun]

I posted this on another thread (with a bunch of other stuff) but the list is relevant here. First, I subscribe to Analog but have fallen way behind in my reading. Then, for freely available webzines, I've been reading a lot but the ones that I've read 3+ issues of and look the best so far include

Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Clarkesworld Magazine (actually, I hate a lot of this and love a lot of it)
Cosmos (if this is still alive)
Crossed Genres
Flash Fiction Online
Nature
Perihelion
Strange Horizons
Terraform

and I've read an issue or two and found stuff to like in

Galaxy's Edge
Shimmer
Uncanny
Unlikely Story

 

[Roy1]

I'm disappointed Interzone is not in that list but there is a free issue on Smashwords listed upthread but, if you fancy trying a copy, here it is again. http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/60013.

 

[C.E. Gee]

So...anyone read/subscribe to any sf/f magazin

I fanatically follow some online mags: Bewildering Stories, Perihelion Online Science Fiction, Aphelion Webzine, Diodati Magazine, Daily Science Fiction.

Whenever I'm in a bookstore I often buy print copies of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and also Asimov's.

I signed up to get Facebook notices from Ralan's. And when the post any notice of a new online magazine, I check 'em out.

Honestly, though I occasionally buy the print copies listed above, and buy the Kindle edition of Diodati ( 99 cents ) in this day and age, I think the concept of paying for short stories is rapidly going out of fashion. It seems to me that the SF mags are either advertiser supported or a labor of love by publishers. We may be going back to a time when the arts were supported by patrons.

NAMASTE

C.E. Gee aka Chuck

 

[Roy1]

When you buy any fiction you are a patron. Sometimes patrons are called fans.
You have a chance to read a free Interzone in the link above your post Mr Gee.

High summer, low price. Much cheaper than usual, the July-August E book issue of Interzone, #259, contains cutting edge science fiction by E. Catherine Tobler, Chris Butler, Sara Saab, Richard W. Strachan, Rich Larson, plus the 2015 James White Award winning story ‘Midnight Funk Association’ by Mack Leonard.

Black Static #47 (horror and dark fantasy not SFF) E book is now live on Amazon Kindle and also only $2.99 base price. Why not try it? At that price you can't lose. This issue has John Connolly's Razorshins plus stories from James Van Pelt, Kate Jonez, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Ray Cluley, and Eric J. Guignard. Ray Cluley gets thoroughly interviewed and reviewed in Book Zone.

 

[C.E. Gee]

When you buy any fiction you are a patron. Sometimes patrons are called fans.
You have a chance to read a free Interzone in the link above your post Mr Gee.

My wife's a heavy Kindle user. I'll have her get a copy of your publication off Amazon so I can read it.

The first story of mine ever published was by a British e-zine named "Steel Caves." This was back in the year 2000 or so. Steel Caves folded right after my story (One Man's Meat) was published -- a fact that my family likes to remind me. LOL

From that publication of my story, I received my very first fan letter, from New Zealand of all places!

After I read your publication, I'll decide if my "Americanized" prose fits your editorial standards. My writing style is a little less sloppy than most American Sf authors. Perhaps you'll receive some future submission from me.

NAMASTE

C.E. Gee aka Chuck