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  • (Tears) Destinies Aug--Sept '79 edited by Jim Baen

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 8 12:52:17 2024
    Destinies Aug-Sept '79 (Destinies, volume 4) edited by Jim Baen

    In which I am nostalgic about an old magazine and the store from
    which i bought it.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/every-sha-la-la-la


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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to Michael F. Stemper on Sun Sep 8 09:48:58 2024
    In article <vbkbeg$1uo5j$[email protected]>,
    "Michael F. Stemper" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 08/09/2024 07.52, James Nicoll wrote:
    Destinies Aug-Sept '79 (Destinies, volume 4) edited by Jim Baen

    In which I am nostalgic about an old magazine and the store from
    which i bought it.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/every-sha-la-la-la

    Isn't a "paperback magazine" just what Knight was doing with his _Orbit_ series a decade earlier?

    The _Orbit_ series just had stories. The _Destinies_ series had book
    reviews and essays as well.

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sun Sep 8 16:56:29 2024
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Robert Woodward <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <vbkbeg$1uo5j$[email protected]>,
    "Michael F. Stemper" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 08/09/2024 07.52, James Nicoll wrote:
    Destinies Aug-Sept '79 (Destinies, volume 4) edited by Jim Baen

    In which I am nostalgic about an old magazine and the store from
    which i bought it.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/every-sha-la-la-la

    Isn't a "paperback magazine" just what Knight was doing with his _Orbit_
    series a decade earlier?

    The _Orbit_ series just had stories. The _Destinies_ series had book
    reviews and essays as well.

    --

    Forry Ackerman was doing the book-a-zine/maga-book concept a few years
    earlier, I think, with his Perry Rhodan repackagings...
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    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to Michael F. Stemper on Sun Sep 8 17:22:27 2024
    In article <vbkbeg$1uo5j$[email protected]>,
    Michael F. Stemper <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 08/09/2024 07.52, James Nicoll wrote:
    Destinies Aug-Sept '79 (Destinies, volume 4) edited by Jim Baen

    In which I am nostalgic about an old magazine and the store from
    which i bought it.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/every-sha-la-la-la

    Isn't a "paperback magazine" just what Knight was doing with his _Orbit_ >series a decade earlier?

    Orbit got some magazine-like qualities later on, I think, but Knight
    sold it as anthologies, which meant it had longer shelf-life than
    Destinies issues did.

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    My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
    My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/
    My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
    My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Sun Sep 8 20:52:29 2024
    In article <vbkmgj$453$[email protected]>,
    James Nicoll <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <vbkbeg$1uo5j$[email protected]>,
    Michael F. Stemper <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 08/09/2024 07.52, James Nicoll wrote:
    Destinies Aug-Sept '79 (Destinies, volume 4) edited by Jim Baen

    In which I am nostalgic about an old magazine and the store from
    which i bought it.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/every-sha-la-la-la

    Isn't a "paperback magazine" just what Knight was doing with his _Orbit_ >>series a decade earlier?

    Orbit got some magazine-like qualities later on, I think, but Knight
    sold it as anthologies, which meant it had longer shelf-life than
    Destinies issues did.

    Evergreen Review seems the canonical example, though non-SF.
    --scott


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