From: utzoo!decvax!cca!mclure@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Title: Re: Magazines ? - (nf) Article-I.D.: sri-unix.3213 Posted: Fri Sep 10 13:38:36 1982 Received: Sat Sep 11 02:09:44 1982 #R:pyuxcc:-35500:sri-unix:1900005:000:778 sri-unix!mclure Sep 9 20:46:00 1982 Flame on. I subscribe to Locus in order to find out what new books are out and whether any of them are worth reading. I have tried reading a couple of the magazines, Analog & IASFM, but found that Sturgeon's Law applies even more forcefully here than other places: 99% of everything is shit. I had to wade through so much bad story-telling in these mags (in order to find a single pearl) that it just didn't seem worth it. Instead, I get my short fiction by picking up copies of Terry Carr's anthologies, the Nebula & Hugo short fiction yearly collections, and anthologies by my favorite authors. True, this misses "discovering" new talent, although the New Dimensions series is useful for that; but it also involves much less wasted time in the pulps. Flame off. Stuart