Below are the 13 most recent journal entries recorded in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine's LiveJournal:

Friday, November 2nd, 2007
5:37 pm [summers_place]	Wow... anybody home? I was thinking maybe this community should be started up again, especially since those of us who write are looking to connect as a group. On a related note, is anyone else having trouble posting to the discussion board on the Asimov's site? I keep getting an error message when I try. (If anyone reads this, I post there as Summer, and it was just fine the day before yesterday.) Current Mood: annoyed (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 24th, 2006
5:22 pm [calico_reaction]	REVIEW: Asimov's January 2007 Issue Just finished reading the January 2007 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction, which was a complete impulse buy for me, but a rewarding one at that. The first four stories KNOCKED my socks off, and are worth more than the price of the issue. So don't miss out on this issue, folks. There's good stuff here. Review's in my journal, if anyone's interested. As always, comments and discussion are most welcome. REVIEW: Asmiov's Science Fiction: January 2007 Issue Authors Include: Nancy Kress A.R. Morlan Charles Stross Bruce McAllister Jack Dann R. Neube Jeff Carlson Happy Reading! (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 10th, 2006
4:01 pm [calico_reaction]	REVIEW: December 2006 Issue When I heard that Paolo Bacigalupi had a story here, I absolutely had to get it and read it. So, the review of that piece as well as the other stories are in my journal, if anyone's interested. REVIEW: December 2006 Issue Authors Include: Michael Swanwick Paolo Bacigalupi Robert Reed Susan Forest Brian W. Aldiss Christopher Priest Ian Creasey Comments and discussion always welcome! :) Happy Reading! :) (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 11th, 2006
6:46 pm [ed_rex]	Compare and Contrast: Analog and Asimov's I don't usually post introductions when I join a group, but since I posted a compare-and-contrast review of the December issues of both Asimov's and Analog, it seems appropriate to do so. I first enountered Analog in the late 1970s, when I was 12 or so and vaguelly remember picking up the first issue of Asimov's a year or two later. Long story short, I've been reading SF since I was 9 years old and continue to do so. I posted the following article to my own journal as well as to sf_book_reviews, where calico-reaction hipped me to the existence of the Analog/Asimov's communities. And so, below you will find what ( I thought of the December issues. ) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 5th, 2006
4:48 pm [calico_reaction]	Review: August 2005 Issue This is the last of the Asimov's freebies I had lying around, though I'm inclined to look into some more recent issues, particularly December 2006's. Anyway, my review's in my journal, if anyone's interested. :) REVIEW: August 2005 Issue Authors Include: Neal Asher Catherine Wells Paul Melko Larry Niven Brenda Cooper Harry Turtledove Liz Williams Tim Pratt Carrie Richerson Comments and discussion always welcome! :) Happy Reading! :) (Comment on this)
Saturday, October 28th, 2006
8:48 pm [calico_reaction]	Review: July 2005 Issue I know, crazy reviewing an issue that's nearly a year-and-a-half old, right? But I got a couple of issues as freebies last year that I never got around to reading, and I'm reading them now. Reviews for the fiction (not the poetry) is in my LJ, if anyone's interested. :) REVIEW: July 2005 Issue Authors Include: Daniel Grotta Michael Swanwick Stephen Baxter Richard Mueller Kristine Kathryn Rusch Smanatha Ling Peter Friend Edd Vick Comments and discussion are always welcome! :) Happy Reading! :) (Comment on this)
Monday, August 28th, 2006
10:03 am [paulmelko]	Hugo Data Asimov's took 2 of the 3 short fiction Hugos: Best Novella: “Inside Job” by Connie Willis (Asimov’s January 2005) Best Novelette: “Two Hearts” by Peter S. Beagle (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October/November 2005) Best Short Story: “Tk’tk’tk” by David D. Levine (Asimov's March 2005) Other Asimov's stories that received at least a few nominations: Novella: 37 needed to get on the ballot. 29 Diving into the Wreck (Kristine Kathryn Rusch; Asimov’s December 2005) 12 Solidarity (Walter Jon Williams; Asimov’s April/May 2005) 10 Bank Run (Tom Purdom; Asimov’s October/November 2005) Novelette: 22 needed to get on the ballot. 15 The Edge of Nowhere (James Patrick Kelly; Asimov’s June 2005) 12 Second Person, Present Tense (Daryl Gregory; Asimov’s September 2005) 12 Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play (Michael Swanwick; Asimov’s 2005) 10 The 120 Hours of Sodom (Jim Grimsley; Asimov’s February 2005) Short Story: 14 needed to get on the ballot. 13 The Ice-Cream Man (James Van Pelt; Asimov’s June 2005) 12 The Children of Time (Stephen Baxter; Asimov’s July 2005) 10 He Woke In Darkness (Harry Turtledove; Asimov’s August 2005) (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
8:13 pm [blzblack]	2 story reviews http://mundane-sf.blogspot.com/ Both Koja's and Kress' stories were interesting to think about. Although I haven't reviewed it yet, last month's story [June?] by Robert Reed is well worth reading. At least go scan it at the bookstore while you can. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
8:04 am [mabfan]	Asimov's, July 2006: Open Thread An open thread to discuss the issue. Novelettes: THE WORLD AND ALICE, L. Timmel Duchamp THE DJINN'S WIFE, Ian McDonald Short Stories: NANO COMES TO CLIFFORD FALLS, Nancy Kress YOU WILL GO TO THE MOON, William Preston BITTERSEED, Ted Kosmatka IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS, Tim Pratt SNAIL STONES, Paul Meko FIREFLIES, Kathie Koja Editorial: MOON DAY, Sheila Williams Reflections: THE THUMB ON THE DINOSAUR'S NOSE, Robert Silverberg Thought Experiments: PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE FUTURE, Therese Littleton Sudoku Contest Results - Science Fiction Sudoku, Dominic J. Vitacco & Lyle Wiedman On Books The SF Conventional Calendar (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, May 8th, 2006
10:37 am [mabfan]	Asimov's Readers' Award Winners Asimov's Readers' Award Winners NOVELLA : "Diving Into the Wreck", Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Asimov's Dec 2005) NOVELETTE : "Second Person, Present Tense", Daryl Gregory (Asimov's Sep 2005) SHORT STORY : "The Children of Time", Stephen Baxter (Asimov's Jul 2005) POEM : "Newton's Mass", Timons Esaias (Asimov's Dec 2005) COVER : January, Michael Whelan (Comment on this)
Friday, April 7th, 2006
9:32 am [mabfan]	Brainstorming Part of the reason I decided to create this community is because the popularity of print short science fiction and fantasy seems to be waning. Analog, Asimov's, and F&SF are generally considered the big three SF magazines, but their circulation is not as high as it once was. And just last week, the new owners of Amazing Stories finally announced they were folding the magazine. The web takes up some of the slack, perhaps, but even there markets come and go, as I noted in this post on the status of the short fiction market back when SCI FICTION folded. So, if you're reading here, presumably you have some interest in keeping print short SF/F alive. For brainstorming purposes, here's a few questions to get us thinking about how we can help increase the popularity of Asimov's. Do you subscribe to Asimov's? If not, why not? What do you get out of the short stories in Asimov's that you don't get out of reading other things? What can we do to encourage people to support Asimov's by subscribing? And, some bonus questions -- are you a reader, a writer, an aspiring writer, or what? Have you ever published a story in Asimov's or submitted to it? (I'm curious to find out if this community is attracting readers as well as writers.) (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
7:56 am [mabfan]	Asimov's, June 2006: Open Thread An open thread to discuss the issue. Novelettes: THE LEILA TORN SHOW, James Patrick Kelly A FLIGHT OF NUMBERS FANTASTIQUE STRANGE, Beth Bernobich Short Stories: LIFE ON THE PRESERVATION, Jack Skillingstead THE TIGER IN THE GARDEN, Scott William Carter EIGHT EPISODES, Robert Reed THE NINTH PART OF DESIRE, Matthew Johnson THE EDGE OF THE MAP, Ian Creasey CHU AND THE NANTS, Rudy Rucker Poetry: GROWING OLD THE MYTHIC WAY, Jane Yolen THE ANALECTS OF DECOMPRECIUS, Wil McCarthy REIKO, W. Gregory Stewart THE UNIFIED FIELD OF DREAMS THEORY, Laurel Winter EDITORIAL: THE YELLOW PILL - OR ALTERED PRESCRIPTIONS, Sheila Williams REFLECTIONS: SIXTUS THE SIXTH, Robert Silverberg ON THE NET: ADVENTURES IN PODCASTING, James Patrick Kelly ON BOOKS, Peter Heck THE SF CONVENTIONAL CALENDAR, Erwin S. Strauss (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
3:20 pm [mabfan]	Welcome! Welcome to the LiveJournal community for discussion of Asimov's magazine, which has been publishing excellent science fiction since 1977. Although Asimov's has its own forum over on its webpage, I figured people on LiveJournal might want a place to discuss the magazine as well. There's a lot of aspiring writers and professional writers on LiveJournal, as well as a lot of science fiction fans and readers, so this community can serve many functions. We can discuss the stories, the articles, and the editorials, and we can talk about the submission process and what kind of fiction works for the Asimov's audience. (4 Comments |Comment on this)