# SF magazines in my attic! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455 "2004-07-10T18:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/21 "2004-07-11T11:12:02Z")
Well, one does have to work, you know. I threw them in a large tin and wood trunk at the moment to protect them from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. I’ll be reading them over in the near future. Whee! ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/22 "2004-07-11T15:58:42Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > We bought my grandparents’ house. It needed (and still needs) a lot of renovation. But my grandmother included my grandfather’s collection of books and magazines in the sale. My husband, who is not a reader, did some work on the house while I was away on a trip… > > I come back to find that he’s thrown out the ENTIRE collection of Galaxy and Playboy. The Galaxy was a COMPLETE run, and the Playboy was a run from the very first issue to sometime in the mid 70s. He threw out a bunch of books and other magazines, too. I came home to find these boxes of books and magazines standing out in the rain, thoroughly soaked. Once books and magazines are that well soaked, they are less than worthless, as they WILL mildew and contaminate other items. > > I still might kill him. If I do, I want all of you to be my witnesses that it was justifiable. I’m thinkin’ you MUST love the guy. It’s GOT to be love. Because it wasn’t homicide on the spot. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/23 "2004-07-11T19:36:11Z")
Ummmm…_Weird Tales_ has gone in & out of print several times over the decades. Any copies of the 70’s era incarnation? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/24 "2004-07-11T20:45:22Z")
Jonathon, do you need a cook/housekeeper? I can give references! From Dopers even! All I ask(_digs toe in ground and looks sheepish_) is to be able to read those magazines when you are done with them. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/25 "2004-07-11T21:21:52Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > We bought my grandparents’ house. It needed (and still needs) a lot of renovation. But my grandmother included my grandfather’s collection of books and magazines in the sale. My husband, who is not a reader, did some work on the house while I was away on a trip… > > I come back to find that he’s thrown out the ENTIRE collection of Galaxy and Playboy. The Galaxy was a COMPLETE run, and the Playboy was a run from the very first issue to sometime in the mid 70s. He threw out a bunch of books and other magazines, too. I came home to find these boxes of books and magazines standing out in the rain, thoroughly soaked. Once books and magazines are that well soaked, they are less than worthless, as they WILL mildew and contaminate other items. > > I still might kill him. If I do, I want all of you to be my witnesses that it was justifiable. Assuming this husband of yours is a male… he threw away PORN?! I know this is a gross over generalization (I being a hetero male who doesn’t like the stuff me self) but why would he do that?! Especially the years! Wasn’t he growing up in or around the '70s? Nostalgia and all of that involved. Just wondering… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/26 "2004-07-11T21:44:14Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Jonathon, do you need a cook/housekeeper? I can give references! From Dopers even! > > All I ask(_digs toe in ground and looks sheepish_) is to be able to read those magazines when you are done with them. Come to the party in August! I’ll let you sit in a corner with your own bowl of dip and read them! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/27 "2004-07-11T22:03:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Lynn** , I would have killed him on the spot, and immediately regretted it, because it would mean I wouldn’t be able to draw out his suffering further. But then, I never would have married such an uncultured lout in the first place. Ah, what the heck. I’ll kill him even without being married to him. I’m getting my revenge, somewhat. I’m making him buy me a used bookstore. I told him that he has his farm, now I want my bookstore. I figure that every so often, I’ll just casually mention how much we sold a similar item for. I plan on making him wince and shudder at least every other week. It’s not the monetary value of the books and magazines that really upset me, though. My maternal grandfather was a hateful old man, and the only good memories I have of him are the times when we’d discuss this or that story. And there were lots of great books and magazines that I hadn’t even read yet, I was carefully rationing them out to myself. Grrrrr! :mad: :mad: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/28 "2004-07-11T22:36:40Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Come to the party in August! I’ll let you sit in a corner with your own bowl of dip and read them! What pary, where do you live, and what can I _bring?_ Cookies, pies? I bake a mean cinnamon roll! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/29 "2004-07-12T01:24:37Z")
[This party…here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258603) Marietta, OH, August 21. Meet some Dopers! All are invited! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/30 "2006-01-09T00:22:17Z")
Hey, **Jonathan**! How’d this work out? ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/31 "2006-01-09T03:43:16Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > That’s odd…there’s a whole bunch of ‘Tropical Fish Hobbyist’ in here. > > \ > > I think I’m having a love affair. Gay? I wish it were that simple! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/32 "2006-01-09T04:21:55Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Piers Anthony was published as far back as 1970? Earlier. I got _Omnivore_ when I belonged to the Science Fiction Book Club circa 1968. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/33 "2006-01-09T04:39:47Z")
Anthony’s first published story appeared in the April 1963 issue of _Fantastic_. His first novel, _Chthon_, appeared in 1967. So did his second. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/34 "2006-01-09T07:16:21Z")
> [@Exapno Mapcase](#): > > Anthony’s first published story appeared in the April 1963 issue of _Fantastic_. > > His first novel, _Chthon_, appeared in 1967. So did his second. He won the F&SF (and Doubleday?) first novel contest for SOS the Rope, which got printed in F&SF. However the copyright date on it is 1968 - so I guess when he won he had sold another novel, but was not officially published. Was your Galaxy story “Alien Pursuasion” by any chance? I looked through my 1975 Galaxies, and that seemed the most likely suspect. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/35 "2006-01-09T07:35:05Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Ummmm…_Weird Tales_ has gone in & out of print several times over the decades. Why the “Ummmm”? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/36 "2006-01-09T15:19:34Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > So I buy this old house in Marietta, OH. 100 year old place. How fortunate. What was the exact address again? And didn’t you mean to post something about how hard it would be to maintain after-dark security at entry points X, Y and Z? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/37 "2006-01-10T20:22:55Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Was your Galaxy story “Alien Pursuasion” by any chance? I looked through my 1975 Galaxies, and that seemed the most likely suspect. No. I wouldn’t have allowed a story with a misspelled title to be published. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/38 "2006-01-10T20:44:27Z")
The worst thing is that with launching my own business over the last year I’ve barely had time to read them. They’re just sitting there in that trunk…alone…in the dark… Waiting. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/39 "2006-01-10T21:32:50Z")
If there is ANY Frank Herbert in ANY of those issues, I would gladly take them off your hands for a reasonable price. Or even an unreasonable price. My email is in my profile. P.S. **Lynn** , your first post made my heart literally hurt and the air go out of my lungs. And I thought, if I were her, after I finished crying hysterically, then I’d make him spend a LOT of money on something I really love. Then I saw that that is exactly what you’re doing. You go girl! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455/40 "2006-01-10T21:43:30Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Back from the attic: > …snip… > **AN EDITORIAL BY ROBERT HEINLEIN!!! AHHH!!!** > …snip… > Piers Anthony was published as far back as 1970? > > I have the complete serialization of ‘I Will Fear No Evil’ in the Galaxy’s. > …snip… Somehow I have to eventually borrow the ones with Heinlein. Maybe we can work out some sort deal where I pay shipping both ways and guarantee them in advance. Nice treasure trove. The possibility of insights from the GrandMaster that I have never seen before. Wow. I have Piers first Novel somewhere it was from close to 1970. Jim (RAH is my second favorite autohor after JRRT) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-magazines-in-my-attic/254455.md?page=3)