Analog Science Fiction and Fact

Analog Science Fiction and Fact is the successor title to the Golden Age magazine Astounding Science Fiction. In 1960 the editor of Astounding, John W. Campbell, Jr., changed the title in order to target a more adult audience. After Campbell's death in 1971, Ben Bova served as editor, followed by the present editor, Stanley Schmidt.

Astounding Science Fiction was an influential science fiction magazine first published in 1930. The first issue of what was then known as Astounding Tales of Super-Science appeared in January of 1930, published by William Clayton and edited by Harry Bates. The magazine underwent a number of changes of name, ownership and editorship, eventually coming under the ownership of the major pulp publisher, Street and Smith, and the editorship of John W. Campbell, Jr.. Under Campbell Astounding would publish the major authors of the Golden Age of Science Fiction such as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Robert A. Heinlein. Campbell would eventually change the name to Analog Science Fiction and Fact, under which title it continues to this day.