Defunct Magazines: How “Desert” Captured the Southwest

Nicole’s staff pick from earlier today reminded me: I’ve been meaning to draw attention to the riches of archive.org’s Magazine Rack, a clearinghouse for defunct, forgotten, and abstruse periodicals from decades past. Anyone interested in media and design will find something diverting here. They’ve amassed a stupefyingly diverse collection, including such celebrated titles as OMNI (once the best sci-fi magazine around) and more … specialized fare, like The National Locksmith, Railway Modeller, and, of course, Sponsor, the magazine for radio and TV advertising buyers. All of these have been carefully digitized, and they’re free.

From Defunct Magazines: How “Desert” Captured the Southwest

July 19, 2015 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Walt says:
    July 20, 2015 at 3:22 pm

    “Once the best sci-fi magazine around”
    Irrelevant to the interesting article, but I’d argue with the snap judgment of OMNI among the field of magazines. It was possibly the best-paying science fiction magazine, but I don’t know that it was ever the best. (IFor that matter, it was mostly a science and “science” magazine with some fiction, not primarily a science fiction magazine.)(Or maybe there’s a distinction between science fiction and sci-fi?)

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