Analog Science Fiction and Fact - Bibliographic Details - Timeline of Name Changes

Timeline of Name Changes

Through the years, the magazine has seen a large number of name changes.

In a minor change, in the November issue of 1946 the name of the magazine was changed from Astounding Science-Fiction to Astounding SCIENCE FICTION, with the hyphen missing and the last two words in large block letters. It would retain this logo until January, 1953.

The following table gives an overview. The name is a representation of the form displayed on the cover pages, including the capitalization.

Years	Name	Editor
1930 1931	ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER-SCIENCE	Harry Bates
1931 1932	ASTOUNDING STORIES
1933	ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER-SCIENCE
1933 – 1937	ASTOUNDING STORIES	F. Orlin Tremaine
1937 1938		John W. Campbell, Jr.
1938 – 1941	ASTOUNDING SCIENCE-FICTION
1942 – 1946	ASTOUNDING Science•Fiction
1946 – 1960	Astounding SCIENCE FICTION
1960	Analogstounding Science Fact & fiction a
1960 1961	Analog Science Fact b fiction
1961 – 1965	analog SCIENCE FACT SCIENCE FICTION
1965 1966	analog SCIENCE FICTION SCIENCE FACT
1966 – 1971	analog SCIENCE FICTION/SCIENCE FACT c
1972 – 1978		Ben Bova
1978 – 1991		Stanley Schmidt
1991 1992	analog SCIENCE FICTION & FACT
1992 –	ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION AND FACT

1. ^ During a transitional period, the word Analog was printed increasingly more prominently under the word Astounding, sharing the letter A.
2. ^ The pseudo-mathematical symbol is reportedly intended to stand for "analogous to", but the deeper meaning in this context is unclear.
3. ^ This name appears on a number of covers as a three-line stack, reading, from top to bottom: SCIENCE FICTION; analog; SCIENCE FACT.