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I have a subscription but hardly ever read it. The overall tone of the magazine is too often annoyingly glib and smug. Far better to spend your subscription dol
by cageface 11y ago
I have a subscription but hardly ever read it. The overall tone of the magazine is too often annoyingly glib and smug. Far better to spend your subscription dollars on the New York Review of Books, if you're looking for something that will genuinely inform and challenge your intellect.
http://www.nybooks.com http://www.nybooks.com
- icebraining 11y agoI also like the London Review of Books: http://www.lrb.co.uk/ http://www.lrb.co.uk/
- cageface 11y agoAgreed. I always find several articles in each issue of the LRB worth reading. If only I had the time to keep up with both journals!
- pc86 11y agoDo you find NYB worth the price? I'm seeing $69 for 20 online-only issues compared to LRB's $49.95 for 24 issues. Just curious what makes NYB worth the 65% higher price. LRB - $49.95 for 24 issues = $2.09/issue NYB - $69.00 for 20 issues = $3.45/issue EDIT: After closer review it seems NYB is simply larger/has more content. That difference alone comes close to justifying the price differential.
- cageface 11y agoThe New York Review is more expensive per issue but it's really in a class by itself when it comes to the quality of content. It's intelligent, informed, and incisive without being academic or pedantic. I pray they never go out of print.