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post #1 of 29
7/23/09 at 1:28pm
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I've only ever subscribed to three magazines during the course of my long and illustrious 24 years on earth: The Star Wars Insider, NEWSWEEK, and Rolling Stone.

Before trashing my taste, let me explain that the Insider was when I was about 15, and Rolling Stone was a gift. However, my Rolling Stone subscription ends in October and I'm looking for another magazine to subscribe to.

What magazines do you subscribe to, or recommend? For accuracy in suggestions, here's a bit about me: I'm not into any real hobbies, not interested in sports magazines, and in the Rolling Stone I usually turn first to the National Affairs section. When walking through the magazine section at the local grocery store I usually don't see anything I would be interested in reading.

I do like reading however, and when searching for other threads on this subject I saw Devin's thread praising the New Yorker, and others praising Harpers in the same thread. Any other suggestions?
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post #2 of 29
7/23/09 at 1:33pm
Well, The New Yorker is really great, and if I had to subscribe to one magazine, that would be it. The other would be Scientific American, if only because I don't have enough money for a Nature subscription.
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post #3 of 29
7/23/09 at 1:37pm
Video Watchdog.
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post #4 of 29
7/23/09 at 1:40pm
The New Yorker really is the best magazine in the world. I like Harper's, too, but the Atlantic Monthly would be my second suggestion. I'm a big fan of Oxford American as well.
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post #5 of 29
7/23/09 at 1:45pm
If you can man up to the jargon, and have any desire to know about whats actually happen in the world, you can't beat The Economist. It's sister publication, Foreign Policy, is also really good, if a bit wonkish.

The subscriptions can be a bit pricey, but I read every weeks journal cover to cover. Makes Time and Newsweek look like grade-school ninnies.

Also: National Geographic!
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post #6 of 29
7/23/09 at 1:46pm
As far as your tastes go, I dunno, but seeing as how this is a filmcentric website, you can't go wrong with an Empire subscription. The reviews might not be bang up to date Stateside, but their features, access and interviews are second to none as far as I'm concerned.
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post #7 of 29
7/23/09 at 1:52pm
Only magazine I subscribe to right now is Wired. Always makes great casual reading.
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post #8 of 29
7/23/09 at 2:04pm
Politics/ News: The Atlantic or Economist
Cinema: Empire
Games: Edge

I don't subscribe to any of these but I end up buying most of them.
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post #9 of 29
7/23/09 at 2:05pm
Cigar Afficionado.
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post #10 of 29
7/23/09 at 2:15pm
Leg Show would seem to be a niche porn mag for leg fetishists, but by the time you get to the middle of any given issue, it becomes clear it's a foot freak mag. Like they're ashamed of being about feet, so their cover story is "we're a leg fetish publication!"

So, Leg Show.
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post #11 of 29
7/23/09 at 3:14pm
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post #12 of 29
7/23/09 at 3:17pm
Magazines are still around?
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post #13 of 29
7/23/09 at 3:27pm
pagoda, Some good publications are...Empire and SFX for film, Play (the US gaming magazine, not the European gaming mag, and Wizard for comics and comic book films.
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post #14 of 29
7/23/09 at 7:03pm
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Originally Posted by D.S. Randlett View Post
The other would be Scientific American, if only because I don't have enough money for a Science subscription.
I'm sure this is what you meant. Just saying.
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post #15 of 29
7/23/09 at 7:45pm
For bathroom reading, you can't beat Game Informer. It's what it's made for.

Wired is good because it's both interesting and super cheap. I think it's only $10 a year. And the stories that don't focus on tech are usually really cool and almost have a kind of This American Life feel.
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post #16 of 29
7/24/09 at 11:53am
The New Yorker.
The New Yorker.
The New Yorker.
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post #17 of 29
7/24/09 at 12:54pm
Instead of waiting every month for some new paper to arrive in the mail why not go CHUD Paypal and feel good about what you read here every day?
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post #18 of 29
7/27/09 at 9:49pm
Seed is a fascinating (if a bit beyond me) science magazine.
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post #19 of 29
8/4/09 at 5:06pm
Seconding the New Yorker and Atlantic and Economist.

However, my actual subscriptions (not counting professional magazines) are to the Smithsonian and then three literary magazines: The Sun, Ploughshares, and Zoetrope All-Story.
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post #20 of 29
8/4/09 at 5:10pm
I've been reading Esquire for ages...
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post #21 of 29
8/4/09 at 5:13pm
Berkshire Living.

By far the best resource for those of us who live in the berskshires. I've been a suscriber for years, and they have great recipes and local interest stories. Check it out.


Also used to suscribe to EGM, but now the internet takes care of all that kind of news.
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post #22 of 29
8/4/09 at 5:16pm
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Leg Show would seem to be a niche porn mag for leg fetishists, but by the time you get to the middle of any given issue, it becomes clear it's a foot freak mag. Like they're ashamed of being about feet, so their cover story is "we're a leg fetish publication!"

So, Leg Show.
If this didn't win Post of the Week, it should have.

But yeah, New Yorker.
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post #23 of 29
8/5/09 at 11:31am
I've got an Empire subscription and it's great, the reviews are good and the special articles they have every month are very entertaining.

Their recent Terminator Salvation review was also done by none other than Devin
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post #24 of 29
8/5/09 at 12:38pm
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Originally Posted by Rusty Oysterburger View Post
Their recent Terminator Salvation review was also done by none other than Devin
Are you sure? Cos Empire gave it 4 stars and i'm pretty sure Devin was pretty down on it.
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post #25 of 29
8/5/09 at 12:47pm
Other than Empire and Harper's, which others have suggested, I like Skeptic and the Skeptical Enquirer.
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post #26 of 29
8/5/09 at 12:48pm
Juggs

Real answer:

The Economist is a great magazine. I really have thought about subscribing from time to time.
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post #27 of 29
8/5/09 at 12:59pm
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Originally Posted by Ben Thomas View Post
Are you sure? Cos Empire gave it 4 stars and i'm pretty sure Devin was pretty down on it.
Yep, I remember his Chud review being more positive than negative as well.

I did double take when I first read it.
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post #28 of 29
8/5/09 at 1:50pm
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Originally Posted by Rusty Oysterburger View Post
Yep, I remember his Chud review being more positive than negative as well.

I did double take when I first read it.
That was a weird one. Like when Devin was quoted in their "The Future of the Superhero" article back in May's issue.
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post #29 of 29
8/24/09 at 11:38am
I'm with those who said "Wired". It's the only magazine I really read semi-regularly outside of the occasional "Hollywood North".

My favourite magazine isn't a magazine in the traditional sense; you don't read it. Ever heard of Wholphin? It's a DVD magazine that often features rare short films by acclaimed directors. It's expensive ($50/year) and if you dig you may be able to find some of the shorts online, but that's my pick!
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