# What magazines do you miss? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931 "2014-06-03T15:34:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/21 "2014-06-03T22:10:23Z")
OK, they have a huge [online archive](http://www.lookandlearn.com/LookAndLearnMagazine.pdf) now. I may be some time. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/22 "2014-06-03T22:11:17Z")
I loved FHM. Now we are stuck with the vastly inferior Maxim. And, from my youth, there was a magazine that published the words to top 40 songs in the 70s. I LOVED that magazine when I was a kid. I do not remember it’s name, though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/23 "2014-06-03T22:16:41Z")
_Spy_ was the first thing that I thought of after seeing the thread title - it was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/24 "2014-06-03T22:35:14Z")
It’s technically still around, but I miss the hell outta the 90’s-era [Games magazine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_(magazine)). ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/25 "2014-06-03T22:35:29Z")
“Spy” was the first one that came to my mind. Also “Cinefantastique”, the original. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/26 "2014-06-03T22:39:31Z")
Gourmet. It wasn’t just recipes ( and they were great recipes), but travel, history, essays etc related to food. No other food magazine covered it all. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/27 "2014-06-03T22:40:00Z")
This was the magazine that connected us geeks and nerds together and some credit for inspiring the first trekkies. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/28 "2014-06-03T22:43:42Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > This was the magazine that connected us geeks and nerds together and some credit for inspiring the first trekkies. [Psssst…it’s still being published.](http://famousmonsters.com/) Saw the latest issue in a local bookstore last month. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/29 "2014-06-03T23:28:54Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Gourmet. It wasn’t just recipes ( and they were great recipes), but travel, history, essays etc related to food. No other food magazine covered it all. Yes. It had an elegant, old-world feel and was excellent reading. Then it turned into _People_ magazine with recipes and I canceled my subscription. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/30 "2014-06-03T23:32:15Z")
i miss Byte, when you were almost finished with it (if you skipped a bunch) the next issue was out. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/31 "2014-06-03T23:34:52Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Yes. It had an elegant, old-world feel and was excellent reading. > > Then it turned into _People_ magazine with recipes and I canceled my subscription. And now it’s gone… ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/32 "2014-06-03T23:35:47Z")
Mad. I think they technically still publish it, but it’s not the same. Hasn’t been for a long time. Started declining when Gaines dies, but then once they started making it color WITH ADS?!?!? it was like bleh what is this crap ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/33 "2014-06-03T23:36:47Z")
[Creem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creem). IMO, the best music magazine ever. Edited for a time by Lester Bangs, and even into the '80s the writing was funnier than anything in **National Lampoon** or **Spy**. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/34 "2014-06-03T23:38:03Z")
> [@DZedNConfused](#): > > Cracked, I don’t know if the magazine is still available but the online version isn’t the same. Nope that’s been dead a long time. Before it went kaput they tried turning it into a Maxim clone. What the fuck were they thinking. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/35 "2014-06-04T00:26:59Z")
I credit Sassy with getting me through adolescence. Girls probably have plenty of similar stuff of the web now. But at the time, Sassy felt like being let in on a big, awesome secret. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/36 "2014-06-04T01:57:19Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > TV Guide magazine is still being published. (I know, I’m as surprised as you are, but I verified it.) Oh I know but it turned into crap almost a decade ago. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/37 "2014-06-04T01:59:45Z")
**History of Industry and Technology** (or titles along those lines. I believe that there were some title changes over the years). I was, and I suppose still am, fascinated by how technologies came to be and the people who brought them about. There were several great regular columns, like; They are still there (photo essays of old factories and machines. Machines were works of art during the industrial revolution). I have a small collection (there were only 4 issues per year) and for a long time read and reread them. They went through several affiliations. At one time General Motors was their sole sponsor, and the Inventor Hall of Fame for a while. Whoever the final owner was, apparently went bankrupt (I think owing me one or two years subscription fees) and shut down. I wish there was some way to resurrect it (but in paper. I’m still not into reading magazines on a tablet of computer). Bob ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/38 "2014-06-04T02:00:21Z")
Another vote for _Spy_ and _Omni_. I’ll add _Americas_, which was published by the OAS (Organization of American States). ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/39 "2014-06-04T02:01:30Z")
And another vote for **Weekly World News**. Bob ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931/40 "2014-06-04T02:03:10Z")
OMNI, for sure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-miss/689931.md?page=3)