# I join the Mafia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-join-the-mafia/688522>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 15, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-join-the-mafia/688522 "2014-05-15T13:02:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-join-the-mafia/688522/1 "2014-05-15T13:02:06Z")

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The Analog Mafia, that is.

My story, “Ulenge Prime,” has just been accepted by _[Analog Science Fiction](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact)_, the oldest continuously published science fiction magazine. As its [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact) entry says, it “is perhaps the most influential magazine in the history of the genre.”

I am so psyched.

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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-join-the-mafia/688522/2 "2014-05-15T13:03:46Z")

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Big congrats!! How long since you submitted? I know that the Analog slushpile can take a long time to get through. I’ve got something in there at the moment too.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-join-the-mafia/688522/3 "2014-05-15T17:42:57Z")

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I sent the story to them in August. Trevor did note that he had tried to contact me previously, but I never got the message. That might have added a few weeks.

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-join-the-mafia/688522/4 "2014-05-15T18:52:13Z")

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Major gratz. I [del]never did[/del] haven’t yet sold to them.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-join-the-mafia/688522/5 "2014-05-16T02:36:02Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> The Analog Mafia, that is.

Congrats!

But did you consider the Digital Mafia? After all…the Digital Mafia is the new Analog Mafia…

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-join-the-mafia/688522/6 "2014-05-16T03:53:45Z")

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Wow! Congratulations!