# What Magazines Do You Subscribe To? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747 "2000-03-12T03:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/41 "2000-03-14T06:27:00Z")
Home: _Entertainment Weekly_ (like everybody) _Skeptical Enquirer_ (like everybody else) _Movieline_ (Hi, Eve!) _New York Review of Science Fiction_ (I’ll be impressed if there’s anyone else here who reads this one) _Playboy_ (obligatory comment: I read it cover to cover. Then again, I read **everything** cover to cover.) _Comic Relief_ (great collection of editorial cartoons and columnists) _Comic Buyer’s Guide_ _Vassar Quarterly_ (Alumni mags never let you go) Distributed at work: _Publishers Weekly_ _New York_ _Locus_ (science fiction’s trade mag) _Science Fiction Chronicle_ (ditto) * * * …but when you get blue, and you’ve lost all your dreams, there’s nothing like a campfire and a can of beans! ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/42 "2000-03-14T06:39:00Z")
My New Yorker subscription is long gone - Can’t stomache it anymore since Tina Brown killed it. Scientific American - Pretty pictures and I can pretend I still know what’s going on in the world of science. Science News - See Scientific American. Time - every year I switch between Newsweek and Time magazine. This year it’s Time, so I will have to get used to receiving letters from Newsweek begging to have me back. Science Fiction Age - for short story entertainment. Swiss-American Review - for news from Switzerland. Le Journal Francais - So my fiancee can practice her french. The Atlantic Monthly - to replace the New Yorker. ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/43 "2000-03-13T20:34:00Z")
My own subscriptions: Firehouse Fire Engineering Sky and Telescope Model Railroader ## Hijacked subscriptions (my grandfather gets 'em, I steal them when he’s done): Proceedings (US Naval Institute) Naval History Air and Space Pop Sci Pop Mechanics Jeremy… Nobody ever calls me after they’ve done something smart. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/44 "2000-03-13T20:51:00Z")
Da Ace— I was waitin’ for a Movieline fan! [big kiss] ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/45 "2000-03-13T21:05:00Z")
I spend _way_ too much on mags: Harper’s; Fortean Times; American Invention and Technology; Esprit de Corps (a gossip/scandal mag about the Canadian Armed Forces); Comic Relief; Frank (a Canadian version of Britain’s Private Eye: childish, scurrilous, infantile, frequently libellous, and the only way to know who’s doing who) [http://www.frankmag.net/](http://www.frankmag.net/) ; Private Eye (see above); MovieLine (Hi Eve!) Entertainment Weekly; The Scotsman * * * **Launcher may train without warning.** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/46 "2000-03-13T21:09:00Z")
_Atlantic Monthly_. Every few issues, it seems, there will be an article that justifies paying for the entire year, all by itself. _Consumer Reports_. Can’t do without it. _Perspectives_, a small, thoughtful Christian monthly put out by a group of Dutch Reformed types who mostly teach at colleges in the Upper Midwest. _Hightower’s Lowdown_, a wonderful rabble-rousing rag put out by Jim Hightower. Various magazines I get by virtue of being a ‘member’ of (i.e. contributor to) various nonprofits. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/47 "2000-03-13T21:11:00Z")
[big kiss for Rodd, too] I gotta set up a booth and start charging a dollar—it would probably pay more than Movieline does! ---
**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:** [March 14, 2000, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/48 "2000-03-14T01:55:00Z")
\*The American Spectator[i/], _Natural History_, and _Smithsonian_ are the only three I subscribe to. I will pick up _Mad Magazine_ frequently, and occasionally _Details_ or _Maxim_. Quite the assortment, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Lawrence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lawrence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawrence)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/49 "2000-03-14T02:44:00Z")
The Economist and National Geographic. I would get The New Republic and The National Review except that several of their best articles are available on-line and the American Institute library here in Barcelona gets them both a week or so late. I am thinking about getting either Time or Newsweek since I’ve seen some ridiculously cheap offers (like $20 a year) for them. I assume they’re trying to beef up their European circulation for advertising purposes. By the way, in case anyone’s inerested, US News puts out their entire magazine on-line every Wednesday. I am not a huge US News fan but I’m more than happy to read it all for free. The thing I’ve noticed about this thread is that damn near everyone subscribes to National Geographic. Also, everyone saves them. You toss out your old Times or Sports Illustrateds, but you save your Geographics. Why? I suppose because their format is more like a book than a magazine, because it’s a good bit more expensive than, say, Time, and because of the general good quality of the magazine. It’s tough to throw away something with so many good photos. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/50 "2000-03-14T02:55:00Z")
## Adobe Magazine Videography TV Guide Sunset Air I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature! ---
**Author:** ![crackwise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@crackwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crackwise)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/51 "2000-03-14T07:19:00Z")
RTFirefly, how do I get info on Hightower’s mag? They used to print his articles and _Solomon_ in the weekly rag here, but alas, no more. * * * ~handcrafted signatures since 1975~ ---
**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:** [March 14, 2000, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/52 "2000-03-14T07:45:00Z")
Basebal weekly (newspaper) and Baseball Digest so I can keep with the really important issues. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2000, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/53 "2000-03-14T15:25:00Z")
UncleBeer said: > [@](#): > > Christ, how many people here get Skeptical Inquirer? That magazine has a circulation of only about 50,000 and there’s probably about 6 of us on this MB. We’re trying to get more. We won’t be satisfied until _everybody_ on the SDMB subscribes! Bwahahaahahaha!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/54 "2000-03-14T15:27:00Z")
David, I get the SI at the local library! Sorry I don’t subscribe, but its a bit out of my price range right now. But I do read it and enjoy it. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/55 "2000-03-14T17:41:00Z")
Reading it at the library is fine. I don’t care about the money (I don’t get any of it), just the ideas. ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/56 "2000-03-14T21:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried: > **Science Fiction Age - for short story entertainment.** I hate to break the news to you, but _SF Age_ has just gone to the great Magazine Graveyard in the sky, to gambol with _Galaxy_ and _If_ throughout eternity. I think they’ve got another issue or two already in process, but then it’s dead. The editor’s already left the company. * * * …but when you get blue, and you’ve lost all your dreams, there’s nothing like a campfire and a can of beans! ---
**Author:** ![JustDucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@JustDucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustDucky)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/57 "2000-03-14T22:30:00Z")
Ducky subscribes to: Bird Talk magazine (who would have guessed) 😉 PC Magazine Mr.Ducky subscribes to: Mopar Muscle Fangoria (Haven’t seen this one on here yet) Ducky * * * Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult ---
**Author:** ![Rousseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Rousseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rousseau)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/58 "2000-03-14T22:44:00Z")
Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, the Harvard Business Review (actually, the last one is sent to my father’s office so he could write the expense off…). I also pick up Esquire or GQ often from newstands. * * * “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” -Winston Churchill ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/59 "2000-03-14T22:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > We’re trying to get more. We won’t be satisfied until _everybody_ on the SDMB subscribes! Bwahahaahahaha!!\*\* ## Well, enough people said this that I checked out their site and the mag seems interesting, so I subscribed. Plus, you can’t go wrong for $18! Well, I also wanted another Darwin fish since some fundie ripped off my last one. Bastards… Mike Mulligan had a steam shovel, a beautiful red steam shovel. Her name was Mary Anne. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747/60 "2000-03-15T02:10:00Z")
oh also i forgot: I dont subscribe to these, but occasionally I will pick up a tattooing magazine, just to see what new trends in tattooing are out there, or if there are any really wonderful tattoos in the magazine. The last one I picked up had a series of ink paintings by a japanese artist that were quite wonderful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/14747.md?page=4)