The Sword and Laser discussion

Every issue of IF magazine is now available at the internet archive.
https://archive.org/details/ifmagazine
I thought the story about a small band of patients escaping from the insane asylum
and then they all run for president was a bit far fetched.

Sweet, thanks for that!

Warren wrote: "Every issue of IF magazine is now available at the internet archive.
https://archive.org/details/ifmagazine
I thought the story about a small band of patients escaping from the insane asylum
and then they all run for president was a bit far fetched. "

They should have built a yuuuuge wall and made the inmates pay for it.

I don't know whether to thank you or curse you ;-) Now I want to read them all. I like a good SF short story.

Warren wrote: "I thought the story about a small band of patients escaping from the insane asylum
and then they all run for president was a bit far fetched."

That could never happen ;-)

I wouldn't bother downloading the EPUB or KIndle versions. They are unreadable. At least the few I have tried are.

The PDF versions are better. They are a scan of the text.

Tassie Dave wrote: "I wouldn't bother downloading the EPUB or KIndle versions. They are unreadable. At least the few I have tried are.

The PDF versions are better. They are a scan of the text."
I see what you mean. The kindle version was unreadable & no images.
I went back and downloaded the PDF version.
Well that'll keep me from going over the wall and running for something.

Thanks for the heads up Taz.

Which story was that, btw, Warren?

You can read a lot into those earlier covers. They are full of phallic symbols and other sexual innuendo. BDSM seems to be a common theme.
I don't know what to make of the December 1954 cover.

It may just be my dirty mind ;-)

Nope, it's not just you Dave. The Robin Williams phrase "heat seeking moisture missile" popped into my head for some reason.

If IF magazine isn't enough for you, here are a couple more.

Galaxy Magazine

Ares Magazine

This is great. If and Galaxy are awesome downloads. This guy, ScoobyWoo, has posted 30 copies of Astounding on his account.

https://archive.org/details/@scoobywoo

Gary wrote: "This is great. If and Galaxy are awesome downloads. This guy, ScoobyWoo, has posted 30 copies of Astounding on his account."

Wow, the first one has "Little Lost Robot" by Isaac Asimov, a real favourite of mine. It's very interesting to read it in its original context.