Asimov's Science Fiction [Kindle Edition]

by Dell Magazines

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Asimov's Science Fiction magazine has published outstanding short fantasy and science fiction by today's leading authors for over 30 years. We continue to showcase stories that are innovative, entertaining, and have won numerous Hugos and Nebula Awards. In addition to fiction, readers stay informed about SF and fantasy through a monthly editorial column, an Internet column, insightful book reviews, and thought-provoking articles about science and science fiction. Asimov's is home to many bestselling authors, including Connie Willis, Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, Kristine Katherine Rusch, and Stephen Baxter.

The Kindle Edition of Asimov's Science Fiction contains most articles found in the print edition, but will not include all images. For your convenience, issues are auto-delivered wirelessly to your Kindle around the same time the print edition hits the newsstand. The digital subscription consists of one issue each month. April/May and October/November are double issues.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• Publisher: Dell Magazines
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• ASIN: B000N8V3F0
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #507 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #6 in Kindle Store > Kindle Magazines > Arts & Entertainment
• Your name, billing address and order information will be shared with the publisher.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

184 of 194 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Formatting needs work, November 8, 2008

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C. Schramke "Corines1r" (Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Asimov's Science Fiction (Kindle Edition)

I've read Asimov's for years, and when I saw it available for the Kindle, I returned to my favorite source of short fiction. What an appropriate setting for a science fiction magazine.

I knew that in going to the digital version, I would loose the wonderful artwork that frequently graces the pages of Asimov's. What I didn't expect was the poor formatting of the content. The text runs continuous through each edition, with no page breaks. The end of each article has a link to take you back to the table of contents, but otherwise, one line down brings you to the next item in the magazine. I'd appreciate page breaks at the end of each article or story -- something to bring some mental closure before being jolted immediately into the next.

113 of 120 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Magazine, Terrible Formatting for Kindle, April 20, 2009

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Washington Hawkeye (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Asimov's Science Fiction (Kindle Edition)

This is a very good magazine. But, as another reviewer has said, there is no advantage taken of any of the Kindle's features here. There are no links to a Table of Contents, and, there is no way to navigate the issue easily.

This might seem like a minor annoyance. But, if you don't create a "note" immediately to the first page, you will need to page back, page back, page back, etc. to get back to the first page. It becomes a pretty big hassle navigating if you don't create a note on page one immediately, before reading any further. There is a "Contents" page on page one, with links... But, you need to craft your own link to it.

That's just how periodicals are on Kindle; if the publisher takes no care to format the issue, it is essentially a flat core dump of text.

It is a pity that the publisher of Asimov's didn't put at least a tiny bit of effort into formatting this to be user-friendly.

You do pay a premium for a format that is greener; and it must cost less for them to produce. Yet, you don't get anything in the Kindle edition (as of this writing anyway) that takes advantage of the fact that this is a digital medium.

I want to give this full marks, but this is not a great effort on formatting for us!

But, you do get the convenience of portability. Just remember though -- it is not a magazine that puts any thought into the medium...

155 of 168 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What is up with the Kindle Price???, May 7, 2008

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B. Lutton (W Bridgewater, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Asimov's Science Fiction (Kindle Edition)

I just wonder why the print version on this magazine is $3 less per year than the kindle version?
Seems a bit odd to me. Doesn't the Kindle eliminate the need to print and mail this?
Once it is lowered in price, I am all over it.