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.