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   Gary McGath to Evelyn C. Leeper   
   Re: Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fictio   
   14 Jul 25 17:53:04   
   
   From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 7/14/25 6:04 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   > F&SF was always an outlier, even back when it was the "Big 6" (Analog,   
   > Amazing, Fantastic, Galaxy, If, and F&SF--and that tells you how old I   
   > am!), and it's outlasted four of them, so it has had a good run. I have   
   > to admit that when it went to the thicker double issues, it never felt   
   > like the same magazine again to me.   
      
   I'm reminded of Mike Rubin's "Three Laws of Thermo":   
      
   I see all these rejections are driving you mad;   
   Even F&SF won't take science this bad;   
   Have some friendly advice: sell to Omni, my lad.   
      
   (Anyone remember Omni?)   
      
   --   
   Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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