Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, November 1989. Cover by Janet Aulisio My quatro-decadal-review system for vintage magazines broke down for a while. What can I say? 2021 was a tough year for everybody! But I’m back in the game with Analog November 1989, which 20-year old me might have enjoyed back in the day. Let’s jump back and jump right in! First off, though, that cover. It really has an 80s look — like those are Members Only jackets…

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Here’s what I think is an interesting little item, a 20 page booklet (including covers) entitled A Man of Science: A Study of the Readership of Analog Science Fact-Fiction. This was published by Street & Smith, the then-publisher of Analog, and was a promo piece aimed at advertisers. There’s no publication date, but my guess is it was published in early 1962 — on page 3, Ralph Sharp, Director of Research for the S&S mags, mentions that in the November…

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I’m enjoying being off work for two weeks over the holidays. This is one of the few times a year I can tackle some really ambitious reading projects. But it’s also a marvelous time to get caught up on short fiction. It’s been a while since I’ve read an issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction cover-to-cover…. and over a year since I tried Analog at all. I picked up the latest double-sized issues at Barnes and Noble on Saturday, and the website descriptions…

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This is Part 5 of a Decadal Review of vintage science fiction magazines published in November 1969. The previous articles are: Amazing Stories, November 1969 Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1969 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1969 Worlds of If, November 1969 So, one cannot be an SFF fan without hearing a few unsettling things about the greats of the genres. John Campbell is one of those greats, but I’ve heard that he got a little nutty toward the…

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