From Newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.fandom

I asked a while ago if anyone had gotten the new issue of F&SF.
Apparently a few people have posted on social media that their copies
arrived at their homes in the last few days.

None of them seem to have been lifetime subscribers, however, and what
the new owners' policy towards those is remains to be seen. The ones
I've heard from all seem to think that the magazine isn't what it was,
the cover of this issue looks like they skimped on the ink, their
policies toward authors is abysmal, and $12.99 per issue (or $46.95 for
four issues--assuming it lasts that long) certainly isn't worth it.
--
Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn
Golden ages always shine more brightly from a distance. --Jack Shafer

--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.fandom

Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

None of them seem to have been lifetime subscribers, however, and what
the new owners' policy towards those is remains to be seen. The ones
I've heard from all seem to think that the magazine isn't what it was,
the cover of this issue looks like they skimped on the ink, their
policies toward authors is abysmal, and $12.99 per issue (or $46.95 for
four issues--assuming it lasts that long) certainly isn't worth it.

Their policies toward authors is likely why the magazine isn't what it was.

I wonder if there is even a possibility of newsstand sales, or have they
killed that calf already?
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.fandom

On 1/12/26 19:50, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

None of them seem to have been lifetime subscribers, however, and what
the new owners' policy towards those is remains to be seen. The ones
I've heard from all seem to think that the magazine isn't what it was,
the cover of this issue looks like they skimped on the ink, their
policies toward authors is abysmal, and $12.99 per issue (or $46.95 for
four issues--assuming it lasts that long) certainly isn't worth it.

Their policies toward authors is likely why the magazine isn't what it was.

I wonder if there is even a possibility of newsstand sales, or have they killed that calf already?
--scott

Someone claims to have bought a couple of copies from a newsstand, so
it's still on, at least for the first issue.

Frankly, I think it's on life-support even more than Analog and
Asimov's; it never reached the circulation of those, and who knows what
it will be after this latest upheaval.
--
Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn
Golden ages always shine more brightly from a distance. --Jack Shafer
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.fandom

In article <10k44t8$155$1@panix2.panix.com>,
kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

None of them seem to have been lifetime subscribers, however, and what
the new owners' policy towards those is remains to be seen. The ones
I've heard from all seem to think that the magazine isn't what it was,
the cover of this issue looks like they skimped on the ink, their
policies toward authors is abysmal, and $12.99 per issue (or $46.95 for >four issues--assuming it lasts that long) certainly isn't worth it.

Their policies toward authors is likely why the magazine isn't what it was.

I wonder if there is even a possibility of newsstand sales, or have they killed that calf already?

I saw it, along with long delayed copies of the Nov-Dec issues of
_Analog_ and _Asimov's_ at a Barnes and Noble on Saturday. BTW, the
copies of _F&SF_ that I saw were the same height, width. and thickness
that _Analog_ and _Asimov's_ have had the last several years. I think my subscription is still active, but I haven't received the newest issue
yet.
--
"We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. i-----------------------------------------------------
Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.fandom

In article <10k3r9l$2m6ku$1@dont-email.me>,
evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com (Evelyn C. Leeper) wrote:

I asked a while ago if anyone had gotten the new issue of F&SF.
Apparently a few people have posted on social media that their copies arrived at their homes in the last few days.

I haven't received an issue for over a year here in the UK, although
Analog arrived a couple of months ago.
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.fandom

In article <10k44t8$155$1@panix2.panix.com>, kludge@panix.com (Scott
Dorsey) wrote:

I wonder if there is even a possibility of newsstand sales, or have
they
killed that calf already?

Did use to be in the UK you saw issues occasionally in shops like W H
Smiths, but not for some years. You had to go to specialist shops like Forbidden Planet.
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2