# What magazines do you read online/hardcopy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 18, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798 "2000-06-18T21:30:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/1 "2000-06-18T21:30:36Z")
I’m just curious to see what folks read at home and whether online versions have replaced the hardcopy. Subscriptions: New Yorker New York - for the crossword but I’m letting it run out Prevention Simple Living Fitness Dad gets: Discover, Scientific American, APHA journal, Emerge Kids get: Dreamcast, Mathmania OnLine: NY Times Local Newspaper Local Alternative Newspaper which has Unca Cecil’s column ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/2 "2000-06-18T21:54:31Z")
Hardcopy magazines I’m subscribed to are Maxim, Street Racer, and Yahoo Internet Life. I don’t really read any e-zines. Maybe gamespot if that can be considered one. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/3 "2000-06-18T22:06:40Z")
Hummm, real paper = motorcycle ones, gun one, gift subscription Mom gives every year, wifs garden stuff and catalogs, junk of course, droped some, never do PC house type things, and am very jaded about some of the so called info pages put up on the net too. I am so suprised that so manny peoples are so busy lieing their heads off. You would think that at least the winners who are writting history would at least ‘try’ to be ------ ahhhh — honest! ::::: sigh :::::::: Everything has such a yellow cast these days ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/4 "2000-06-18T22:12:15Z")
**Hardcopy:** The Blood-Horse Dog Fancy Science News National Geographic **Online:** [Thoroughbred Times](http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com) - replaced hardcopy, and I don’t seem to go here very much anymore. I prefer hardcopy. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/5 "2000-06-18T22:19:36Z")
**Hardcopy** : Private Eye (UK political news & satire) - [Private Eye site](http://www.private-eye.co.uk) When Saturday Comes (UK “highbrow” football & football satire) - [WSC site](http://www.wsc.co.uk/) **Online** : Need To Know (sarcastic UK internet bulletin) - [current NTK issue](http://www.ntk.net) Jakob Nielsen (superb web usability research guru) - [Nielsen’s Alertbox](http://www.useit.com/alertbox) Ormondroyd’s Virtual Match Reports (UK stick figure cartoon football news) - [via The Guardian](http://www.footballunlimited.co.uk/Games/Cartoon/Index/0,6243,,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![murano13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dec6dc/32.png) [@murano13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/murano13)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/6 "2000-06-18T22:35:53Z")
Hardcopy- Time Consumer Reports Scientific American (well, the parts that I can understand) Online- Slate ( [slate.msn.com](http://slate.msn.com) ) ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/7 "2000-06-19T00:30:16Z")
Hard Copy: **The American Spectator Natual History Smithsonian** On-line: hunt and peck mostly, especially stuff like **Discover** and biology-oriented publications; no weekly must-reads magazines (does **The Onion** count?) I _do_ thorougly read two newspapers each and every day (_The Washington Post_ and _The Washington Times_). ---
**Author:** ![TomH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@TomH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TomH)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/8 "2000-06-19T13:28:40Z")
Hard copy: Private Eye, The Spectator, New Statesman, Viz, Fortean Times (which has _really_ gone downhill in the last couple of years, IMHO), The New Yorker occasionally (about 4 issues/year) On-line: The Onion, Salon ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/9 "2000-06-19T13:34:12Z")
**Hard Copy:** The American Spectator American Hunter **E-zine:** None ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/10 "2000-06-19T13:40:28Z")
Hard Copy: Discover Men’s Journal On-line: Buncha newsletters, but nothing regularly. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/11 "2000-06-19T14:44:07Z")
Baseball Weekly ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/12 "2000-06-19T18:22:08Z")
Hard copy (subscribe or buy/read on a regular basis): The New Yorker, New York, Boston Magazine, Boston Globe, GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Talk, National Geographic, Time, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Economist, Wallpaper, Flaunt, Martha Stewart Living, Elle Décor, Metropolitan Home, Movieline, Entertainment Weekly, Premiere. On-line: Salon, The Irish Times, Le Monde, [NPR.org](http://NPR.org), An Phoblacht. Boy, that looks like a lot when it’s all written out. ---
**Author:** ![Kakkerlak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@Kakkerlak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kakkerlak)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/13 "2000-06-20T00:35:31Z")
Hardcopy: The Economist Scientific American Harvard Business Review American Rifleman Online: Salon The Onion Modern Humorist I have to hand it to The Economist for their talent at pissing off major world figures: This week’s cover features a puffy-faced Kim Jong Il delivering one of his classic full-arm waves to a adoring populace (or maybe an empty runway). The headline: “Greetings, earthlings”. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/14 "2000-06-20T03:56:17Z")
Subscribe: -Scientific American -Time Read at the library/get from a friend: -Utne Reader -Smithsonian -Consumer Reports (really should subscribe to this one) Buy off a newsstand occasionally: -Icon -Science Fiction Age -Life -Analog -Perhaps a gaming magazine when it gives info on a game I have/want. I don’t really get much of my information from periodicals. I like Headline News, CNN, internet news feeds, and the occasional local broadcast. For specific information, I use search engines or sites I know to give good info on that topic. Checking out a book every so often (perhaps even buying one) helps me stay informed, but the things I need to know largely come from trusted web pages. ---
**Author:** ![Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diver)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/15 "2000-06-20T18:03:29Z")
Subscribe: Wood, Discover, Archaeology, Consumer Reports, PC Magazine, Popular Science, Dive Training, Sport Diver, Scuba Times, Skin Diver, Sailing, QST, Spectrum, and two local daily newspapers. Online: None - I like paper. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/16 "2000-06-20T18:16:10Z")
Subscribe: Online: The Economist Salon Scientific American Slate Time The Onion US News & World Report Advocate Men Premiere Discover Online ‘zines will never replace paper because it’s a pain to hold a computer while you’re on the can, on a train, or spankin’ it. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/17 "2000-06-21T02:48:14Z")
Subscribe: Money Biography Consumer Reports The Funny Times New Beginnings (La Leche League rag) People (dare I admit it) Online: Salon The cool thing is, some magazine distributor got our office address mixed up with the campus health service, and we’ve been getting an eclectic set of mags meant for the waiting room. We get Reader’s Digest, ESPN, Opera News, Atlantic Monthly, Shape, and some other mags I can’t even recall. Thanks to worktime bathroom reading, I’m quite well informed. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/18 "2000-06-21T08:17:44Z")
hard copy: excellence Consumer Reports Skiing Inside Track Ski Powder Sports Illustrated (steal from parents) Online: none regularly. I guess I need the tactile…gotta turn some pages, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2000, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/19 "2000-06-21T11:39:56Z")
Hard copy subscriptions: Skeptical Inquirer Skeptic Discover U.S. News & World Report Brill’s Content Church & State Various investing mags (whatever I’m getting on a free trial at any given time) Read at the library at work: Nature Science Scientific American Science News Online: Dr. Dean Edell’s columns at HealthCentral ( [http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/drdean.cfm](http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/drdean.cfm) ) SkepticNews ( [http://www.skepticnews.com](http://www.skepticnews.com) ) But not much in the way of magazines ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798/20 "2000-06-22T01:31:05Z")
My gosh, you all are well-read! I’ll expect erudition in GD and definitive responses in GQ from all of ya now. Hard: **Cemetery Dance** (semi-monthly horror fiction) **Biography** – gift from mom – I always toss it. The articles are boring and the writing has no energy. And if **I** notice bad writing, that means it’s **really** bad. **Book** – my Sunday paper stopped doing book reviews (!!! what’s a Sunday paper without reviews???), and this magazine is a life-saver. Not too snobby – but it doesn’t cater to the Grisham-Steele-Collins crowd either. On-line? Shoot, I’m spending most of my time here. Hey! Some of your knowledge is bound to rub off. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-read-online-hardcopy/22798.md?page=2)