Hofstadter on Lisp (1983)

Exactly so. I bought the final issue, because it was the last one, and I read it, and that reminded me why I didn't read National Geographic. Because it's mental chewing gum: an enjoyable flavour, without nutrition; pretty pictures, but I learned little.

yes, but what I meant was that the much earlier issues were very good, with not just good pictures, but lots of interesting textual info as well, about the different geographical topics that they covered, e.g. countries, regions within countries, rivers, forests, peoples, etc.

I remember one particular issue about USA rivers which was really good, with great photos.

damn cool article.

the suwannee river was one that was covered.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suwannee_River

I looked up that river in Wikipedia for the first time today.

TIL it is a blackwater river. first time I heard the term.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_river

the NG issues used to come with very good maps as supplements, too, in color.

also there used to be nice color ads about good cameras, IIRC, like canon, minolta, etc, and cars like the cadillac, lincoln, etc.

gas guzzlers, of course.

a different time.