THE FUTURE IS BACK
Vol. 2 #1. Cover art by Gabriel Yeganyan.
Okay, folks. I promised you something better than photos from inside Area 51, and I'm not backing down.
Take a look at that cover. Fifty years after its debut, STARLOG is returning to print. A real magazine. One you can hold, flip through, and leave on the coffee table to impress visitors who might otherwise mistake you for a normal person.
But this isn't just an exercise in nostalgia. Under Editor-in-Chief Annalee Newitz, we're exploring the stories that made us fall for science fiction in the first place—and the wild real-world science making tomorrow feel a little less fictional.
STARLOG Volume 2, Issue 1 brings together 100 pages of deep dives, big ideas, and incredible artwork, including that spectacular cover by Gabriel Yeganyan. There are familiar universes in here, plus a few things you've probably never thought to wonder about.
I think you're going to like what we've built.
WHAT'S INSIDE
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination. LeVar Burton and Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on Star Trek at 60.
The Hidden Politics of Dune. Mahmud El Sayed on what the desert planet is really about.
The Rise of Sauron. Charlie Jane Anders with the makers of The Rings of Power.
The ten most iconic movie starships, and how they were built.
Space farms, wooden satellites, and the dinosaurs of the future. Science from the edge of what is possible.
A laser scientist grades sci-fi's lasers. Some pass.
100 pages, edited by Annalee Newitz. Legacy Issue 375 of a run that began fifty years ago, in August 1976.
Pre-orders for STARLOG Volume 2, Issue 1 are now open: $19.99, shipping November 13, when it officially returns to newsstands.
FROM THE SHOP
And for those who enjoy a little caffeine with their cosmic curiosity, we've also launched STARLOG merch, including The Lodestar Morning Edition—pairing the new magazine with our Morning Transmission Mug, named in honor of this very newsletter.
Lodestar Morning Edition
$35. The magazine and the Morning Transmission Mug, $5 less than apart.
Thank you for being here before there was anything to hold. The Lodestar keeps arriving on Fridays, and the next one will have more from inside the issue. Questions about your order, or about anything at all: reply to this email and a person will answer.
Welcome back aboard.
The STARLOG team