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    From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Arelor on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 18:07:00
    Hello Arelor!

    ** On Wednesday 03.04.24 - 02:42, Arelor wrote to Margaerynne:

    Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine is very hit and miss. It virtually
    has no heroic or high fantasy (to be honest, barely any publication does). I don't think you can't go very wrong with this one, but to be honest,
    with the ammount of story submissions they get (in the order of 700-900
    per month) I suspect they could be publishing better stuff.[...]

    The Asimov magazine, it pains me to tell, is junk. As in, you could not
    pay me to be published there. [...]

    The Grantville Gazettes deserves a special mention. They used to have an annex section in which they would publish fantasy and scfi military fiction. I never got to read it but I remember them buying stories that were quite average and passing on very good stuff. [...]

    Hmmmm.. sounds like it might be time for you to fill the void
    and give the good material that others are passing up on an
    audience. ;)






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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to Ogg on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 07:22:24
    Re: Magazine Subscriptions
    By: Ogg to Arelor on Wed Apr 17 2024 06:07 pm

    Hmmmm.. sounds like it might be time for you to fill the void
    and give the good material that others are passing up on an
    audience. ;)

    I am not optmistic. The magazines I know which were trying to do something interesting and new are all of them closed today.
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  • From Margaerynne@VERT/PALANTIR to Arelor on Saturday, July 06, 2024 22:00:20
    Re: Magazine Subscriptions
    By: Arelor to Margaerynne on Wed Apr 03 2024 02:42 am

    By: Margaerynne to All on Tue Apr 02 2024 09:08 pm
    Whoops, looks like it's been a minute since I've logged in.

    Overall a great response, thank you. I hadn't considered Linux/tech-specific publications, but I'll certainly give that one a look.

    My relationship with printed literary publications is not great, but for what is worth:

    And thank you again for thre breakdowns of each magazine. Kind of a bummer, to
    be honest, but I do enjoy the annual best-of complations so I might just stick to those for now.

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  • From xyzzy@VERT/MORTAL to Margaerynne on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 02:52:28
    Re: Magazine Subscriptions
    By: Margaerynne to All on Tue Apr 02 2024 09:08 pm

    Is anyone here subscribed to any good monthly/quarterly magazines?

    I was thinking about getting a Clarkesworld of F&SF sub, partially for the feel of it and partially to keep up with what's current in sf, but I haven't actually bought a magazine in 10+ years


    Or if you're not currently subscribed to anything, are there any defunct publications you miss?

    Are your interests confined to fantasy and science fiction? I have a couple of literary journals that I'd recommend - admittedly Australian.

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  • From jaydeniv@VERT/ABINARY to xyzzy on Saturday, July 27, 2024 11:25:00
    I subscribe to Retrofan magazine. It talks about old tv shows and pop culture from back in the 50's, 60's, 70's, and 80's. It talks about stuff like Super-Friends, Man from U.N.C.L.E, Batman. Stuff like that. Mostly Pertaining to Television.

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