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big hoos aka the pro steendriver

these motherfuckers are offering you a discount and not a loyal subscriber? a recent email exchange between me and their subscription department:

me:

The person who gifted me the subscription has forwarded me a letter from you inviting him to renew "with our special holiday offer". However, with this offer the cost of the renewal is the same as it was last year for a new subscription and the same as it is for new subscriptions on the website: $105 for international subscribers. Is this correct?

them:

The cost your renewal will be $105.00. The answer is basically Marketing..

but in answer to your question, yes, you should subscribe.

yeah, this is the best magazine I know of. It's hardcore: I subscribed my mother but she couldn't hack it, it was too much work for her. But it's the only magazine I read cover to cover each issue.

I look forward to the summer break where they give you a couple of months to catch up, although I didn't manage that this year. 3/4 of the way through issue 11 now.

I always skip ahead to anything by Freeman Dyson or Steve Weinberg though.

Back inna mailbox w/subscrip request attached.

I subscribed then cancelled, when I realised I was reading all the articles online rather than in print anyway. Professional rate was pretty cheap though ($30/year maybe), so go for it.

Yeah I just put it in the box for $15.99/year.

I need to renew Harper's. All the doom & gloom covers are overwrought sky is falling stuff and I can go the rest of my life without reading another LATE ROMAN EMPIRE analogy, but I'll gladly pay $20/year for 12 installments of the Readings, Index & Findings sections. Anything else good is just a bonus.

i've subscribed off and on for years, letting my subscription lapse and then re-upping from an ad or one of those discount-thingies rather than shelling out for the official re-subscription. it's an excellent pub overall, some issues may be slim then there'll be one like the current number with half-a-dozen good pieces in it. great way to keep up w/books that you wouldn't have time to read. really smart political essays too.

I love Harpers so much. I just resubbed this week (partially for the new issues, mostly for their online archives). NY Review of Books sometimes wows me, but not enough to shell out for a sub. Also, all my professors at school get comp subs and my thesis adviser lets me borrow hers.

New York Review of Books has the best personals.

"RETIRED CHICAGO LAWYER, independent scholar. Curious, very fit, 6' male; sixties. Sings tenor; looks great. Passions include apples, arias, trees, arpeggios, homegrown tomatoes, justice, jazz. Trusting there is a tall and slender woman wanting to share it all."

A DEFINITE CATCH. University professor, fit, youthful 57 (looks 45), loves wine, good food and cooking, the buzz of the city, the solitude of mountains, science, jazz, movies, and James Joyce. Seeking slim, attractive, intellectually curious 35–early 50s-year-old lady, based Chicago or East Coast for companionship, travel to exotic lands, laughter, and cozy evenings. No Republicans please.

"intellectually curious"

taking next year off. brain melted.

haha

soon as i have money i wanna renew, i felt so much smarter while i was reading this regularly