Analog Science Fiction andFact

1) Links from the table of contents to the stories do not exist. 2) The ability to highlight sections of the writing and make my own comments for future reference do not exist. 3) The ability to highlight a word and look up its definition does not exist. 4) Worst of all, the application does not remember where you were when you stopped reading. Read most of the way through the issue, then exit the application and kill it. Restart the application, select the issue you were previously reading and will open to a random page in the double digits. (Like 85). I have to resort to bringing up the list of pages the bottom of the screen and swiping right to left until I find the approximate place I was before.

I wish I could highlight text and use Lookup as with many apps. It doesn’t remember my overwhelming preference for single page views. Clicking on a story in content pops up a useless dialog instead of taking me to the page, so I have to scroll through the page thumbnails at the bottom. Most annoyingly I keep getting prompted to share info I don’t care to share for capability I don’t want. I’m already paying for the content, so get out of my way and let me enjoy it instead of undermining my privacy for more money. Analog has great stories as it has had for decades. And I like consuming it digitally. Just wish interacting with the app was less annoying.

I am delighted to have Analog available in digital format. It provides that wonderful mixture of factual science, art, and all the genres of Science Fiction in one volume. I am sure nobody truly likes all the stories, but we all find some which superbly fit our tastes. I have been a subscriber to the print version for over 30 years, but my eyesight has deteriorated to the point where I can not read the print version. There are minor irritations -- my pet peeve is that after i expand the page, i have to shrink it again to turn the page. But that is minor compared to the pleasure of reading again.