Gimme That Old-Time Magazine (episode 61)

About this episode

The episode explores a 1982 issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine to analyze changes in the science fiction genre over the decades.

We're back! With our annual trek into the archives to read an old science fiction magazine, to see if and how our field has changed over the decades. This time we time-travel to 1982, where we pick up the February 15th 1982 issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine . If you'd like to read along with us, you'll find the entire issue online courtesy of Luminist , here: https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/SF/ASI/ASI_1982_02.pdf For more information on today's show, check out the show notes at https://101sf.blogspot.com/2025/12/gimme-that-old-time-magazine-episode-61.html

People in this episode

Host: Phil Nichols

Topics covered

• science fiction
• magazine archives
• 1980s
• literature analysis
• time travel

Keywords

• science fiction
• magazine
• 1982
• Isaac Asimov
• Luminist
• literature
• archives

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Luminist

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