Hard SF reviews

[Martin Lewis]

On Feb 8, 2008 9:22 PM, jon louis mann <net_democracy at yahoo.com> wrote:

>>  Analog is the magazine with the reputation for concentrating on hard
>> SF. However it also has the reputation of being the worst of the big
>> three.
>
> by the big three you mean analog, fantasy & sf, and asimov's?  i was
> thinking locus, sf review, sf chronicle, etc.  i think they are
> considered  prozines?

 A prozine doesn't exist outside of the Hugo Awards but yes, they are
considered prozines by the award. Well, I'm not sure about SF Review
actually since it is a website. By "prozine or any other publication"
I assumed you just meant any publication because I'm not sure what is
special in terms of reviews about the prozines.

>  there are also references such as the ny times
> book review, but i don't know how well they cover genre fiction.

 Very little.

> orders with publishers.  she suggested i research and make suggestion
> for hard sf purchases.

 In that case I would suggest you make use of the resource in front of
you: a list full of SF fans. I'm sure they can reccomend some hard SF
for you. Have you read Egan? Which hard SF authors do you like?

 Martin