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Originally Posted by ficbot
So, Analog or Asimovs? I am not a huge space ships and dragons kind of sci-fi reader, I like stuff like John Wyndham and Mary Doria Russell. It is just such a good value to buy it now during the sale...
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I've been reading both for the last thirty years or so - though more Analog than Asimovs, and I think you would get more enjoyment from Asimovs. Analog focuses on 'hard SF' to a greater degree than Asimovs which means a a preponderance of engineer-style stories. I'm not familiar with Mary Doria Russell, but most of the Wyndham I've read would fit much better in Asimovs. (I think the Outward Urge - his collaboration with himself as Lucas Parkes is the only Wyndham book that might fit in Analog.)
Having said that, Analog does do novel serializations, and the long awaited sequel to David Palmer's Emergence, and the first book in Robert J. Sawyer's WWW trilogy have both been serialized there and neither is out in book form yet.
As a complete aside, in the paper editions Analog has normally done fiction in two columns while Asimovs does one, and I find Analog much easier to read.