Below are the 15 most recent journal entries recorded in Analog Science Fiction & Fact's LiveJournal:

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
6:06 pm [ed_rex]	Review: The Iron Dream, by Norman Spinrad and Tracking, by David R. Palmer Childhoods (Should) End The Iron Dream Is Alive and Well by Geoffrey Dow There's little in this world quite so insulting as the realization one has been played for a fool. Whether in affairs of the heart or of the mind, discovering one has been suckered creates anger and embarrassment, resentment and shame. (Cross-posted from my journal and to _bookish, bookcafe, bookish, genrereviews sciencefiction and sf_book_reviews. ( Cut for length and spoilers; click to continue. ) (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 10th, 2007
11:51 pm [vettecat]	Your daily dose of art I recently added a feed for A Certain Artist's "Art du Jour" blog - for the past couple months, he's been trying to post (and maybe sell) a painting every day. It's fun to see what he comes up with! If you're interested, check out bobeggleton. Current Mood: pleased (Comment on this)
6:56 pm [ed_rex]	In Praise of Global Warming A Winter's Tale Mighty Lada - Whoo! After a balmy December when it seemed everyone suddenly was suddenly a long-time believer in Global Warming, General Winter has struck back with a vengeance. Here in Toronto, the past week has seen temperatures dipping to -15 or so - chilly enough, but nothing compared to the Winter of '88 to make hopping on my bike in the morning an excersise of will, though I'm always sweating by the time I get to work. But -15 isn't really cold ... ( I'll get to Analog in a while, folks! ) (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, January 20th, 2007
5:34 pm [ianrandalstrock]	Memorable stories I'm working on a project with Stan (can't really talk about it yet, but I will when I can), so I'm looking for the most memorable stories Analog/Astounding has published. What comes first to your mind as truly memorable (in a good way)? Title/author, please, and a two- or three-sentence description of the story would be a big help (actually, if you can remember which issue it was in, that, too would be helpful). Thanks for your thoughts! --Ian (48 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 11th, 2006
6:45 pm [ed_rex]	Compare and Contrast: Analog and Asimov's I don't usually post introductions when I join a group, but since I posted a compare-and-contrast review of the December issues of both Asimov's and Analog, it seems appropriate to do so. I first enountered Analog in the late 1970s, when I was 12 or so and vaguelly remember picking up the first issue of Asimov's a year or two later. Long story short, I've been reading SF since I was 9 years old and continue to do so. I posted the following article to my own journal as well as to sf_book_reviews, where calico-reaction hipped me to the existence of the Analog/Asimov's communities. And so, below you will find what ( I thought of the December issues. ) (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
10:13 am [ellameena]	Calling SFWA members I've started a new livejournal community for SFWA members only. It is readable and postable only by community members, so you won't see anything if you go to the journal page. If you are a SFWA member, you can join by going to the user info and clicking on the text link to join. I am not checking anyone's SFWA membership agains the SFWA directory or anything. I do not have time to verify everyone's membership so we are going by the honor system as far as eligibility to join. Anyone who is a SFWA member (associate, active, affiliate, or whatever) is invited, so feel free to copy this and spread it around. The group is sfwa_tea_party. Thanks! (Comment on this)
Friday, May 12th, 2006
1:35 pm [mdunnbass]	So, what're everyone's thoughts on A New Order of Things? since the issue is still fairly new, I won't post any spoilers, or at least, none that aren't behind a cut.. I am seriously loving this novel. I instantly felt like I understood exactly who Art Walsh and Ambassador Chung were. Granted, much of the rest of the characterization of the humans is less than full-color, those two are really well done, imo. And I am dying to find out how it ends. Anyone else? Current Mood: anxious (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
8:00 am [mabfan]	Analog, July/August 2006: Open Thread An open thread to discuss the issue. Serial: A NEW ORDER OF THINGS, Part III of IV, Edward M. Lerner Novella: KREMER'S LIMIT, C. Sanford Lowe & G. David Nordley Novelettes: WITHERSPIN, Alexis Glynn Latner THE KEEPER'S MAZE, Joe Schembrie ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDSHIP POSSIBLE, Ian Stewart STRIING OF PEARLS, Shane Tourtellotte Short Stories: TOTAL LOSS, James Hosek THE SOFTWARE SOUL, Briant Plante WILLIES, Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff THE TELLER OF TIME, Carl Frederick Science Fact: MESSENGERS FROM THE EARTH'S CORE? THE GREAT PLUME DEBATE HEATS UP, Richard A. Lovett The Editor's Page, WHEAT AND CHAFF by Stanley Schmidt Analytical Laboratory Results The Alternative View, PLANETS OF BINARY STAR SYSTEMS, John G. Cramer The Reference Library Brass Tacks In Times to Come Upcoming Events Cover Art by Bob Eggleton (Comment on this)
Monday, May 8th, 2006
10:37 am [mabfan]	AnLab Winners NOVELLA : "Sanctuary", Michael A. Burstein (Analog Sep 2005) NOVELETTE : "NetPuppets", Richard A. Lovett & Mark Niemann-Ross (Analog Jun 2005) SHORT STORY : "Alphabet Angels", Ekaterina Sedia & David Bartell (Analog Mar 2005) FACT ARTICLE : "Mission to Utah: A Science Fiction Writer’s Adventures at the Mars Society Desert Research Station", Wil McCarthy (Analog Jul/Aug 2005) COVER : November, George Krauter (Comment on this)
Friday, May 5th, 2006
3:52 pm [mabfan]	July/August Analog? Has anyone received their July/August Analog yet? I understand that at least one subscriber has, but mine wasn't in today's mail, and it includes the winners of the AnLab. I'd like to know what stories won and what their standings were. (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 7th, 2006
9:31 am [mabfan]	Brainstorming Part of the reason I decided to create this community is because the popularity of print short science fiction and fantasy seems to be waning. Analog, Asimov's, and F&SF are generally considered the big three SF magazines, but their circulation is not as high as it once was. And just last week, the new owners of Amazing Stories finally announced they were folding the magazine. The web takes up some of the slack, perhaps, but even there markets come and go, as I noted in this post on the status of the short fiction market back when SCI FICTION folded. So, if you're reading here, presumably you have some interest in keeping print short SF/F alive. For brainstorming purposes, here's a few questions to get us thinking about how we can help increase Analog's popularity. Do you subscribe to Analog? If not, why not? What do you get out of the short stories in Analog that you don't get out of reading other things? What can we do to encourage people to support Analog by subscribing? And, some bonus questions -- are you a reader, a writer, an aspiring writer, or what? Have you ever published a story in Analog or submitted to it? (I'm curious to find out if this community is attracting readers as well as writers.) (16 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
7:51 am [mabfan]	Analog, June 2006: Open Thread An open thread to discuss the issue: Serial: A NEW ORDER OF THINGS, Part II of IV, Edward M. Lerner Novella: PUNCHER'S CHANCE, James Grayson & Kathy Ferguson Novelette: ORIGINAL SIN, Richard A. Lovett Short Stories: PREEMPTION, Charlie Rosenkrantz THE DOOR THAT DOES NOT CLOSE, Carl Frederick Science Fact: SOLAR SYSTEM COMMUTER TRAINS: MAGBEAM PLASMA PROPULSION, James Grayson & Kathy Ferguson The Editor's Page: CAN'T ARGUE WITH THAT In Times To Come The Alternative View: MY MYSTERIOUS FATHER, Jeffery D. Kooistra The Reference Library, Tom Easton Brass Tacks Upcoming Events Cover Art by Jean Pierre Normand (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
11:01 am [shsilver]	An Analog Brag I received the current (June) issue of Analog yesterday and was delighted to see a highly favorable review of jeff_duntemann's The Cunning Blood by Tom Easton. This is the third book and second novel published by my publishing company, ISFiC Press. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
11:41 am [mabfan]	Analog to Serialize Next Robert J. Sawyer Novel For those who haven't heard... "Stanley Schmidt at Analog Science Fiction and Fact has bought serialization rights to Robert J. Sawyer's seventeenth novel, Rollback. Analog will run the book's full text in four installments, in its October, November, and December 2006 issues, and its January-February 2007 double issue. The first installment will be on sale August 1, 2006." (taken from http://sfwriter.com/2006/03/analog-to-serialize-rollback.html) (Comment on this)
11:16 am [mabfan]	Welcome! Welcome to the LiveJournal community for discussion of Analog magazine, the oldest continuously publishing science fiction magazine in the world. Although Analog has its own forum over on its webpage, I figured people on LiveJournal might want a place to discuss the magazine as well. There's a lot of aspiring writers and professional writers on LiveJournal, as well as a lot of science fiction fans and readers, so this community can serve many functions. We can discuss the stories, the articles, and the editorials, and we can talk about the submission process and what kind of fiction works for the Analog audience. (Comment on this)