tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-10-21:2106073galacticjourneygalacticjourneygalacticjourney2015-12-23T01:34:37Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2013-10-21:2106073:83909[December 21, 1960] Short and Long Term (the January 1961 Analog)2015-12-23T01:34:37Z2015-12-23T01:34:37Zaccomplishedpublic2There's a big difference between weather and climate. Weather is immediate; climate is gradual. 50 years from now, when the Earth's average temperature has climbed a half a degree or more, thanks to <a href="http://galacticjourney.org/?p=35">the warming effects of human-caused pollution</a>, people will still point to a cold day in January as proof that nothing has changed.<br /><br />Just like the proverbial frog in the slowly boiling pot of water, slow change is difficult to perceive. Only by assiduous collection of data, and by the subsequent analysis of that data, can we detect long-term trends.<br /><br /><img src="http://galacticjourney.org/images/601221cover.jpg" /><br /><br />Thus, it is too early to tell whether or not <i>Analog</i> is ever going to pull itself out of its literary doldrums. I had such high hopes after <a href="http://galacticjourney.org/?p=1062">December's issue; January's has dashed them.<br /><br />(see why at <a href="">Galactic Journey</a>!)</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=galacticjourney&ditemid=83909" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2013-10-21:2106073:62446[May 20, 1960] Three for Four (June 1960 Astounding)2015-05-20T18:40:16Z2015-05-20T18:40:16ZApple Blossom Time - The Plattersproductivepublic0<img src="http://galacticjourney.org/images/600520cover.jpg" /><br /><br /><i>Astounding</i>, the venerable science fiction digest, has often been my monthly whipping boy. Today's article is going to be a bit different because, apart from one noteworthy, execrable exception, the June 1960 <i>Astounding</i> was actually quite good.<br /><br />(read the rest at <a href="http://galacticjourney.org/?p=361">Galactic Journey</a>!)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=galacticjourney&ditemid=62446" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments