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Analog

Analog, debuting in January 1930 as Astounding Science Fiction, is an American science fiction magazine launched as a competitor to Amazing Stories. It became Analog in 1960 and continued to be published into the 23rd century.

History

In the year 1939, Norma Rinspad wrote a letter to Captain Proton magazine to disparage its content. She feared that its drivel might replace the far more "respectable" Astounding, as Captain Proton pandered to a more ignorant type of reader, and kids would popularize its hero. (ST - Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth short story: "Letters to Captain Proton")

Astounding's August 1953 cover painting featured the story "Attack on Planet Eminiar Seven" by Robert HamnerMA and Gene L. CoonMA. A copy of this issue had been placed on the writer's room desk in the offices of Incredible Tales of Scientific Wonder atop a pile of newspapers. (DS9 episode: "Far Beyond the Stars")

In 2269, during an overnight stay in room 341 of Hilton Inn West in McIverton on Alpha Centauri IV, James T. Kirk looked over several well-read magazines on a reading rack in the bathroom. Several Analog issues were present, along with issues of McIverton Today!, National Cosmographic, and Newsweek. After ordering dinner from room service, Kirk read the issue of Analog until he was visited by Samuel Cogley. (TOS novel: Crisis on Centaurus)

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Background

Notable authors such as Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, and George Orwell have had stories published in the magazine. Additionally, a number of Star Trek authors and editors have published stories in Analog or Astounding, including Greg Bear, David Brin, Julia Ecklar, Joe Haldeman, Jerry Oltion, Frederik Pohl, Rick Sternbach, and Theodore Sturgeon.

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