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djvdakota
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Who here subscribes to sf/f magazines? Which one(s)?

Do you also have a massive stack of sample copies that you've purchased simply to justify sending in a submission?


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mikemunsil
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Well, I subscribed to Asimov's recently, but haven't received anything. No, I never ever purchased mass amounts of magazines as an excuse, but I did once let my dirty underwear pile up until it was too much trouble to wash it, so I bought a year's batch instead. My wife won't let me do that any more.
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djvdakota
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Briefs or Boxers?

[This message has been edited by djvdakota (edited February 01, 2005).]


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ChrisOwens
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I've a copy of Asimov's last year, and one of Fantasy and Science Fiction. But that's it.

I'm just not that big on short stories.


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Keeley
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I'm not big on short stories either, but I'm learning to like them.

I have a couple of issues of Realms of Fantasy, a huge stack of Dragon simply because I love Nodwick and Dork Tower, and one copy of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

I like reading e-zines and websites, but lately it's only been the free ones.

But right now I'm trying to find time to read a Terry Prachett novel my husband got me. (I guess posting here doesn't help, does it?)

[This message has been edited by Keeley (edited February 02, 2005).]


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I don't read too many of the periodicals, but I love THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, edited by Gardener Dozois. I've got all the volumes going back about tem years. Most of the other short stories I read are in similiar reprint collections.
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I don't subscribe to anything except Writer's Digest, Discover, and Scientific American.
But I check out the new issues of Analog, Asimov's and F&SF when I'm in the bookstores. If I like what I see, I'll buy one. I think if I went through the house and collected them all, I'd have a stack about two feet high, and that's counting the ones my daughters have gotten ahold of.

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mikemunsil
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knappies, actually
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Rahl22
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Subscriptions:

Realms of Fantasy
Weird Tales
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wrislet
Black Gate (which I will NOT be renewing)
Flesh & Blood

I occassionally read Strange Horizons and I buy anthologies like nobody's business.

Also, I get writer's digest.

[This message has been edited by Rahl22 (edited February 02, 2005).]


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GZ
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I subscribe to Realms of Fantasy and the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. I usually pickup Weird Tales when I see it at the bookstore, and sometimes pickup Asimov's and Locus if I see something interesting in it. I've gotten a few sample copies over the years: Analog, The First Line, Black Gate, and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, as well as reading through some of the online 'zines.


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Rahl22
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Wow, GZ. You can actually find Weird Tales at the bookstore? That's impressive.

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I'm suscribed to Popular Mechanics and Nintendo Power. They're kinda light on the short stories though.
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Oh! I'm also subscribed to Knappies for Chappies, kinda like a GQ thing.
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Wow, Pyre, Nintendo Power still exists? I remember it from when I was 10 and used to get the secrets to Super Mario Brothers and Ninja Gaiden from it.
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GZ
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Well, the last Werid Tales I found was #335 for March-April 2004. I'm not sure Borders and Barnes & Noble aren't carrying it anymore, or if it just hasn't been coming out regularly. <shrug>

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Keeley
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Rahl22: Is Black Gate not very good?
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