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| The New Yorker (1-year) | 
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| Publisher: Conde' Nast Publications
Category: Magazine
List Price: $196.18
Buy New: $39.95
You Save: $156.23 (80%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 17
Format: Magazine Subscription, Print
Type: Consumer magazine
Subscription Issues: 47
Subscription Length: 12 Months
Issues Per Year: 47
First Issue Lead Time: 4-6 Weeks
ASIN: B00005N7T5
Availability: Usually ships in 4 to 6 weeks
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not just for New Yorkers January 8, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This magazine has been cluttering up my living spaces for many years. One doesn't just toss these away after a quick read-there is always something to return to, whether a great cartoon, superb fiction, a wonderful essay.
I would not be without it.
 How to be a snob? December 27, 2007
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
Exactly. While the previous reviewer to use this title matched it with a full 5-star rating, I don't. If you want the most pompous view on everything no one ever asked about, then go ahead and buy a copy. I thought perhaps an informed, enlightend editorial tone would have been a nice perspective to bring into my home. Now, years later, they won't stop sending that rag no matter how many times they claim it's my final issue.
In short, not a fan. My advise to you: get one issue off the newstand and see what you think. If you're like me, you'll hate it and never go back.
Still the finest magazine in America September 27, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Well-written, timely, erudite and down-to-earth -- no other magazine is as informative and varied in tone, or as much a pleasure to read. The "New Yorker" has a number of "beats" it covers -- contemporary politics, media, popular culture and art, humor, new fiction and a smidge of local, New York goings-on (not as much as in the old days, but the regionalism is still a delight.) Yes, other magazines cover these topics, but not in as accessible a manner. The "Atlantic" and "Harper's" tread similar paths, but they both seem overly stern and inaccessible by comparison. The "New Yorker" used to be incredibly fusty: since the magazine's 1992 facelift, courtesy of editor Tina Brown, it has a much lighter, more youthful tone. This, mixed with the erudite, well-researched, well-crafted writing, makes it one of the most rewarding reading experiences in America today. No matter what the topic, an article in the "New Yorker" will always be a shining example of language used to its best effect. Plus, I like the cartoons.
(PS - I weary of the "three F" -- fashion, food and finance -- reporting, but even if they overdo these subjects, it's still a great magazine.) (DJ Joe Sixpack)
Not for the West Coast September 24, 2007
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
If you like to read about NY restaurants, shows, gossip, and the New York Times is just not enough this is for you. If you don't care about NY and dislike the NYT the New Yorker is not the magazine for you.
I subscribed to this magazine for a year and really tried to like it, but it just did not work. Most of the stories are East Coast centric and fairly like minded when it comes to political and economic views.
One Amazon reviewer suggested The New Yorker is like a club, perhaps, but if you don't live on the streets of NY, it's a club you don't really care to join.
In no time flat! August 1, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The first issue arrived in my mailbox in less than three weeks! The publication, of course, is great. Definitely snobbish, but covers a variety of topics and is extremely well-written.
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