The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction reading order

A plan for the whole series

21 volumes, 4,718 pages, about 85 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 months.

Stages

5 stages, with 4 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around March 9, 2027, 16 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 20, 2026

   • 1. Fact and Fancy1962 · 264 pages · 5 h
   • 2. View from a Height1963 · 224 pages · 4 h
   • 3. Adding a Dimension1964 · 205 pages · 4 h
   • 4. Of Time and Space and Other Things1965 · ≈ 225 pages · 4 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 24, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 217 habout 3 weeksby December 17, 2026

   • 5. From Earth to Heaven1966 · 208 pages · 4 h
   • 6. Science, Numbers, and I1968 · 226 pages · 4 h
   • 7. The Solar System and Back1970 · 250 pages · 5 h
   • 8. The Left Hand of the Electron1972 · 225 pages · 4 h
4. Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.82 h, by December 20, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 317 habout 3 weeksby January 12, 2027

   • 9. The Tragedy of the Moon1973 · 221 pages · 4 h
   • 10. Of Matters Great and Small1975 · 258 pages · 5 h
   • 11. The Planet That Wasn't1976 · 234 pages · 4 h
   • 12. Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright1978 · 240 pages · 4 h
6. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by January 16, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
7. 4
   Stage 417 habout 3 weeksby February 8, 2027

   • 13. The Road to Infinity1979 · 217 pages · 4 h
   • 14. The Sun Shines Bright1981 · 250 pages · 5 h
   • 15. Counting the Eons1983 · ≈ 225 pages · 4 h
   • 16. X Stands for Unknown1984 · 218 pages · 4 h
8. Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.32 h, by February 12, 2027. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
9. 5
   Stage 519 habout 4 weeksby March 9, 2027

   • 17. The Subatomic Monster1985 · 223 pages · 4 h
   • 18. Far as Human Eye Could See1987 · 214 pages · 4 h
   • 19. The Relativity of Wrong1988 · 113 pages · 2 h
   • 20. Out of the Everywhere1990 · 238 pages · 4 h
   • 21. The Secret of the Universe1991 · 240 pages · 4 h
10. The end of the series

    March 9, 2027

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