[HN Gopher] "Big 3" science fiction magazines including Asimov's...
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"Big 3" science fiction magazines including Asimov's and Analog
acquired
Author : ilamont
Score : 49 points
Date : 2025-03-05 22:47 UTC (3 days ago)
(HTM) web link (jasonsanford.substack.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (jasonsanford.substack.com)
| pfdietz wrote:
| I didn't realize FaSF was teetering on the brink.
| alabastervlog wrote:
| Basically all of fiction except romance/porn is withering fast.
| droideqa wrote:
| Anybody reading this might appreciate 'Astounding'[0]:
|
| "Astounding is the landmark account of the extraordinary
| partnership between four controversial writers--John W. Campbell,
| Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard--who set off
| a revolution in science fiction and forever changed our world. "
|
| [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Astounding-Campbell-Heinlein-
| Hubbard-...
| righthand wrote:
| Book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/astounding-john-w-campbell-
| isaa...
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| Audio book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/astounding-john-w-
| campbell-isaa...
| jasonthorsness wrote:
| In the 1990s my uncle gave me a ton of Analog and Fantasy and
| Science Fiction from the 1970s of which I only still have maybe a
| half-dozen. Even in the 90s the perspective of the stories was
| super interesting and now even more so. Surprisingly they have
| almost no advertisement, just stories. I didn't know they were
| still around!
| rom16384 wrote:
| I used to buy Analog on paper once in a while. A few years back I
| wanted to subscribe the digital version, but there wasn't a
| convenient way to do so, just closed platforms and drm'd readers,
| so I didn't subscribe. Don't make it hard for people to give you
| money. They could just email pdfs...
| A_D_E_P_T wrote:
| I made a post below on this, but I had previously subscribed to
| Analog via Amazon/Kindle. About two years ago Amazon killed
| _all_ magazine subscriptions and forced the magazines to either
| make their issues available for free to "KindleUnlimited"
| subscribers ($10/mo) or get the hell off their platform.
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| Analog and Asimov's took the hit, and are, to this day,
| available to read for free if you have Kindle Unlimited.
| There's no way this didn't lose them tons of money and wreck
| their cashflow.
|
| And, even though I personally benefitted, I'm still mad that
| Amazon did this & I'm surprised there wasn't more pushback from
| the magazines. They could have done _a lot_ more to incentivize
| off-platform digital subscriptions.
| adamgordonbell wrote:
| I got really into short sf fiction, reading years best
| collections and then seeing they were all from analog ect started
| reading them.
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| The collections were better, just more filtered, but the history
| of these pulp magazines is amazing.
| BMc2020 wrote:
| The golden age of science fiction is twelve...
|
| This is a good spot to post the omni magazine collection as
| well...
|
| http://www.williamflew.com/
| FpUser wrote:
| I am 60+, read a lot and at least 50% is science fiction
| fallingfrog wrote:
| Well it was nice while it lasted
| A_D_E_P_T wrote:
| > _In a public post on the official Facebook page of Asimov 's
| Science Fiction, the magazine's editor Sheila Williams said
| "We're excited about Asimov's future with our new owners. We
| have lots of great stories lined up. There's no change to our
| editorial staff. Our new owners are readers who love genre
| magazines and we're looking forward to working with them."_
|
| Seems like things are going to be fine.
|
| In all honesty, Amazon cutting digital magazine subscriptions
| and shifting everything over to "KindleUnlimited" was hugely
| damaging to these magazines and probably outright killed their
| business model. The new owners are apparently fans who are
| keeping the thing going practically as a charity.
| hnthrowaway0315 wrote:
| I never read any SF magazines, but "Analog Science Fiction and
| Fact" seems to be a super cool name for a SF magazine.
|
| What are the most popular Analog/Embedded hobbyist magazines out
| there? I know Pi has one or more, but I always feel Pi to be a
| bit too high level for my taste.
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