# Magazines **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 16, 2001, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606 "2001-05-16T14:48:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/21 "2001-05-17T01:10:58Z")
I subscribe to **Scientific American** and **Discover**. They used to be two ends of a spectrum. Now they’re all but identical. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/22 "2001-05-17T05:46:43Z")
Subscribe: _Minnesota Monthly_ (for subscribing to public radio) Various x-ray tech journals and trade mags (these get thrown out immediately since I’m not in x-ray school anymore) Buy: _Newsweek Time [Comic Relief](http://www.comic-relief.com/)_ (a neat little magazine that’s published in Northern CA and for which I need to get my hands on a subscription card) _Skeptical Inquirer The Onion_ (print edition; my local B&N has it) _[Ms.](http://www.msmagazine.com/)_ Some of these have to have cover articles of interest before I’ll buy them, but _Comic Relief_ and _The Onion_ I’ll get anyway. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/23 "2001-05-17T11:47:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*So, you’re not necessarily a dumbass 😃 \*\* I like the “necessarily” qualifier there… 🙂 But you know what, **Astronomy** is one cool magazine. That’s the one that has the foldout every month of a star map? And you can find out what stars are visible from your hemisphere by looking at it? I should subscribe… ---
**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/24 "2001-05-17T11:55:47Z")
Maxim, baby. Love that thing. I get Discover, too. And will someone tell me what this Dragon magazine is? sounds right down my alley ---
**Author:** ![dustMagnate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dustMagnate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dustMagnate)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/25 "2001-05-17T12:10:00Z")
Subscribe: **The New Yorker** , **Martha Stewart Living** , **Vegetarian Times** , **64** Pick-up if interested: **Vanity Fair** , **This Old House** , **Old House Journal** , **Big Butts** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/26 "2001-05-17T12:14:53Z")
Subscribe: \*\* [ul]Some weird RACV magazine Reader’s Digest \*\*(it’s for my dad, I swear!)[/ul] Pick up: **[ul]Harper’s Bazaar Vanity Fair Cosmopolitan Cleo B She Marie Claire Girlfriend** (sister) **Dolly** (sister) [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/27 "2001-05-18T05:22:09Z")
Buy Every Once In Awhile: **Irish America** **Cat Fancy** My favorite “magazine” reading is actually catalogues of any kind. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/28 "2001-05-18T06:36:16Z")
Subscribe: **Scientific American** Pick up occasionally: **Tokyo Classified Urecco** _Playboy_-type magazine that my girlfriend likes to look at, too. Ummm… that’s all. I guess I’m just not much of a magazine reader. –sublight. ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/29 "2001-05-18T06:42:52Z")
Subscribe: **Newsweek Skeptical Inquirer** Pick up occasionally: **Skeptic Entertainment Weekly PC Gamer Biography** ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/30 "2001-05-18T06:55:42Z")
Let’s see… Time Newsweek U.S. News and World Report Scientific American National Geographic Popular Science (my brother’s) PC Gamer (ditto) Next Gen (ditto) Atlantic Monthly (mine) And probably a couple of others I can’t recall… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/31 "2001-05-18T13:45:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mnementh \* > \*\*Maxim, baby. Love that thing. I get Discover, too. > > And will someone tell me what this Dragon magazine is? sounds right down my alley > \*\* Dragon ([website](http://www.wizards.com/dragon)) is the house organ for Dungeons & Dragons, published by Wizards of the Coast. jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/32 "2001-05-18T20:41:45Z")
Subscriptions: [Fine Homebuilding](http://www.taunton.com/fh/) - Gotta keep up in case I ever build another house. [Wood](http://www.woodmagazine.com/) - What can I say? I like to build stuff. Readers Digest - My Mother gave us a subscription for Christmas. I read the jokes. The rest of it has seriously gone down hill. From the newsstand: [Computer Bits](http://www.computerbits.com/) - A great little free mag. I read it every month. Model Railroading - My guilty pleasure, I play with trains, when I have time. Somehow a lot of _Gourmet_ and _Bon Appetit_ magazines have found their way into our house as well, I think they follow my wife home. That’s it. Mighty risable stuff, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/33 "2001-05-18T21:08:40Z")
We subscribe to: Time The Economist Backpacker Entertainment Weekly Saveur Saveur is our newest magazine. So far the best food magazine . . . ever. We’ve made 4 recipes from 3 different issues and they’ve all been wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/34 "2001-05-18T21:46:49Z")
Subscribe: _Time_ - my parents have been giving me a subscription for Xmas since I got married, 26 years ago _Consumer Reports Discover Smithosonian_ - in part because I keep thinking I’ll get back to DC one day, and the subscription is also a membership in the S. Institution, with discounts and passage into a members-only dining room (or at least it used to) _PC Magazine_ and _PC World_ - probably for the “free” CDs for subscribing - Reader’s Digest\* - Mrs. PlanMan (OK, I read the jokes and do Word Power - usu. get at least 18) - Disney Magazine\* From time to time at the newstand, if an article on the cover grabs me - Scientific American Folio Weekly\* - OK, it’s more of a weekly paper, but it has an alternative slant on local news and Cecil’s wonderful column and newly switching from newstand (hard to find) to sub… _Star Trek_ **Problem** - I can’t bring myself to toss the old science-type mags … they are beginning to take over … how do I get rid of them? Also, how long do you keep PC mags? They get stale pretty quickly. _Consumer Reports_ I like to keep until the yearbook comes out December, recapping all the reviews. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/35 "2001-05-18T22:29:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PlanMan \* > \*\*Also, how long do you keep PC mags? They get stale pretty quickly. \*\* Depending on the magazine, I would say only a few months - ok, maybe six - especially for the two you’ve mentioned. Both of those are fantastic magazines, but with the industry being as dynamic as it is, you’ll find info in the October issue that contradicts that in the May issue. But a really good computer magazine for novices, and one that can be held onto longer, because it supplies all sorts of PC and Internet tricks, is **Smart Computing**. VERY good stuff if you’re not a major technophile, and it’s even acceptable for the technophobe in your family. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/36 "2001-05-19T03:55:59Z")
Stuff Maxim Reader’s Digest Taste of Home Star Field and Stream PC Accelerator I read the first three, and the last… What? PCXL was canceled? Are you serious? Oh, its people moved to [Dailyradar.com](http://Dailyradar.com), eh? What? Dailyradar’s canceled too? Oh, there’s a [PCXL.com](http://PCXL.com) now? What? PCXL is canceled as well? _sigh_ Godspeed, friends. ---
**Author:** ![fenrir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@fenrir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fenrir)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines/65606/37 "2001-05-19T03:57:12Z")
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