From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!lime!we13!otuxa!nwuxc!inuxc!inuxd!aka779
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: Re: Magazines ?
Article-I.D.: inuxd.147
Posted: Wed Sep  8 08:18:57 1982
Received: Thu Sep  9 04:48:05 1982
References: pyuxcc.355

ANALOG magazine features "hard" SF (NOT sci-fi, please!); in conversation
with its editor at the World SF convention in Chicago this weekend, "hard"
means grounded in science or seemingly so, as opposed to outright fantasy.
Typically, an engineering approach; humor (see my own contributions in the
June and July issues this year); also a speculative or new-development article
in science or technology;  this has been and still is my favorite 'zine--28
years now!

poems, short stories, some good novelletttes, etc.; a potpourri of SF that
I think is aimed at the younger (<21) reader; (my own cutsie poetry was featured
there in the Jan. 1980 issue)

MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION--a literary magazine, featuring what its
title suggests; last year published the Hugo-winning short story, "The
Brave Little Toaster"; probably has the highest standard of "quality" of the
field; I have not liked some of its "leftish-ish" stories in past years, which
is one reason Analog suits me better.

OMNI--the slick giant of the field; some SF (though I have never been impressed);
lots of speculativearticles; a sneering attitude toward most of
the paranormal; (my own humor appeared in its pages in the May 1981 iussue).

LOCUS--monthly newsletter of the SF world; the latest markets, titles, gossip

All but LOCUS are available on the newstands.  I'd recommend you try each for
a few months to determine which suit you.

PS:Twilight Zone's another; and there are several semi-pro 'zines; write & ask
& I'll send details.