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Lemurion · 03-19-2009, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Renaldo

How do the subscriptions work on FW? I'm thinking about getting one for Asimov's. Do they just email you when the new one's out and you can go download it, or is there more to it?

That's all there is to it: you pay your money and then when a new issue comes out it gets automatically moved to your bookshelf and they send an email to tell you it's there. I've had my Analog subscription at FW for about 3 years now.

I'm a little tighter on money than I'd like to be right now - but if I get the chance I'm thinking of picking up Asimovs and possbily Interzone by the 31st - either that or go for the Sten books that Wildside has been releasing. I have them all in dead tree but I want ebooks too.

Renaldo · 03-19-2009, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by mazzeltjes

Renaldo · 03-19-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Are you only interested in current authors or are you also interested in older SF? I noticed that Harry Harrison's Deathworld is now available on fictionwise. Now might be the time to backfill some Robert Silverberg works...

I'm interested in all comers. I like old and new. I'm more interested in a good story than anything else. About the only subgenre I'm not all that interested in is cyberpunk type stuff. I'll check out both those authors, thanks!

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Originally Posted by ficbot

Renaldo, I can't yet vouch for the quality of any of those. They just looked interesting and were dirt-cheap. I am only buying multiformat now that I have the Sony reader. I am actually tempted to get a magazine sub too. I am not sure I will like a sci-fi magazine but a whole year of issues for $20 is pretty good and I have a Paypal balance.

No worries. If I get one and don't like it, I'm not going to hunt you down. LOL Check out the individual copies of Asimov's, Analog or Science Fiction & Fantasy (or is it Fantasy & Science Fiction?). They're really good if you like short stories. You might not like all the stories in an issue, but for the most part they're all worth reading, and they generally are completely different styles of Sci-fi.

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Originally Posted by Lemurion

That's all there is to it: you pay your money and then when a new issue comes out it gets automatically moved to your bookshelf and they send an email to tell you it's there. I've had my Analog subscription at FW for about 3 years now.

Awesome! I think I'll have to get the Asimov's.

AnemicOak · 03-19-2009, 09:11 PM

I don't read as much Sci-Fi as some, but for a series you can get complete in ebook form see if the Wess'Har series by Karen Traviss sounds good to you. I thought it was pretty good.

The first book is City of Pearl...
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook34515.htm

Lemurion · 03-19-2009, 09:24 PM

I also think FW does a better job with subscriptions than Amazon. They're often a bit cheaper and I hate the nickel and dime monthly charge method Amazon uses.

fugazied · 03-20-2009, 12:15 AM

sigh* I was going to finish my Kindle backlog before buying more ebooks, but this sounds too good lol.
Damn you fictionwise! At this rate I will have enough books to get me to christmas.

ficbot · 03-20-2009, 12:56 AM

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...

sirbruce · 03-20-2009, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Elfwreck

I don't. I conclude he's sexist (mildly so, as I said) because of his "it was just in fun!" non-apology.

But it *was* just in fun.

Ever tickle somone? Often the tickled people don't like it. But I don't accuse anyone who did it of being... well, ticklists, or whatnot, or even sexual predators because for some people tickling somone was stepping stone to more. If they say it was just in fun, no harm, no foul. Ever touch someone on the shoulder to get their attention? Some people take offense to that, too. But that doesn't make it assault if there wasn't malicious intent.

They don't, because society doesn't treat both sexes equally to start with.

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Originally Posted by Elfwreck

I'm against the notion that it's okay to grope people when they don't like it. Even when it was "just a joke."

Now you're muddying the waters again by introducing the ill-defined word "okay" which has many different meanings in different contexts. Is it "okay" to touch anyone in any way when they don't like it? In one sense, no, in that they're not "okay" with it and are well within their right to tell the other person to stop. But that doesn't mean what the other person did was *not* "okay", in that social norms allow for such behavior and a reasonable person may have thought it was okay when instead it turned out the other party objected. It's not always not okay and therefore one should never do it.

So setting "okay" said, was it *sexist*? Again, it can't be sexist only if the person objects, but not if they don't; at least not in the sense of "if it's sexist then never do it." And it can't always be sexist. So whether or not it's sexist lies within the intent of the groper and the context in which the grope occured.

But now you say it's his non-apology that made it sexist, not the act itself, so I guess we can agree to disagree. But at least now we're disagreeing on a subjective interpretation of someone's character; not an objective determination of fact that a passing grope always equals sexist or wrong.

Renaldo · 03-20-2009, 08:30 AM

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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...

I believe Analog has some science articles in it, not just stories, so Asimovs would be the way to go if you're just wanting fiction. As far as the flavor of Sci-fi, all the mags have a fairly broad view of what is sci-fi or speculative fiction, and they all seem to have a very wide variety of types. You won't get stuck with a space opera mag. lol

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. I've checked them out and found some interesting ones, and I'm currently crawling through the Sci-fi section at FW. For kicks I'll post my list of what I ended up getting after I order this weekend.

Lemurion · 03-20-2009, 08:57 AM

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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...

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.

pshrynk · 03-20-2009, 10:54 AM

There has been a polite request to keep this thread on the general topic of SF Books on sale at Fictionwise. Please honor that request. Any further posts on sexism, groping, etc, will be removed.

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Blue Tyson · 03-20-2009, 11:10 AM

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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...

Also give Interzone a go, too. There's also Fantasy and Science Fiction, no dragon fantasy there, pretty much.

Blue Tyson · 03-20-2009, 11:14 AM

Magazine interested people can have a look here if they want, some quick thoughts on all of these from the last few years :-

http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/search/label/t%20magazine

Blue Tyson · 03-20-2009, 11:15 AM

Note that Deathworld by Harry Harrison has been mentioned.

It is at Project Gutenberg if you want that one. Don't need to buy it.

AnemicOak · 03-20-2009, 11:20 AM

It appears The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction isn't included in the sale.

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03-19-2009, 09:11 PM	#49
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	I don't read as much Sci-Fi as some, but for a series you can get complete in ebook form see if the Wess'Har series by Karen Traviss sounds good to you. I thought it was pretty good. The first book is City of Pearl... http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook34515.htm

03-19-2009, 09:24 PM	#50
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	I also think FW does a better job with subscriptions than Amazon. They're often a bit cheaper and I hate the nickel and dime monthly charge method Amazon uses.

03-20-2009, 12:15 AM	#51
fugazied Wizard Posts: 1,305 Karma: 1958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iPod Touch	sigh* I was going to finish my Kindle backlog before buying more ebooks, but this sounds too good lol. Damn you fictionwise! At this rate I will have enough books to get me to christmas.

03-20-2009, 12:56 AM	#52
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	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...

03-20-2009, 10:54 AM	#56
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	There has been a polite request to keep this thread on the general topic of SF Books on sale at Fictionwise. Please honor that request. Any further posts on sexism, groping, etc, will be removed. pshrynk (moderator)

03-20-2009, 11:14 AM	#58
Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	Magazine interested people can have a look here if they want, some quick thoughts on all of these from the last few years :- http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/search/label/t%20magazine

03-20-2009, 11:15 AM	#59
Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	Note that Deathworld by Harry Harrison has been mentioned. It is at Project Gutenberg if you want that one. Don't need to buy it.

03-20-2009, 11:20 AM	#60
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	It appears The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction isn't included in the sale.