Synopsis
Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, the creation of noted editor H.L. Gold, who found a responsive readership when he put the emphasis on imaginative sociological explorations of science fiction rather than hardware & pulp prose.
The science fiction genre was flourishing by the end of the '30s, but WWII & attendant paper shortages led to the demise of several magazines. By the late '40s the market began to recover again. From a low of eight active magazines in '46, the field expanded to 20 in '50. Galaxy's appearance then was part of this boom. According to critic Mike Ashley its success was the main reason for the subsequent flood of new releases: 22 more magazines appeared by '54.
Begun as a monthly, the magazine varied between monthly, bimonthly & eventually irregularly-issued status at different times during its 30+ year run. In '53 a French edition, Galaxie, was launched, & in '57, a German edition, Galaxis.
With the 1/75 issue, Galaxy incorporated its sister magazine, Worlds of If, founded in 3/52, with which it had shared several editors after purchase from founding publisher James Quinn in the latter '50s. In '80, Galaxy was acquired from UPD Publishing by Boston's Avenue Victor Hugo bookstore as a companion magazine to their Galileo Science Fiction. Editor Floyd Kemske produced a single issue (7/80) in a standard magazine format rather than a digest, but without newsstand distribution, Galaxy ceased publication that same year.
Title: Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction
Editors: Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander
Cover: Tommy Soloski
Contents
Introduction (Galaxy) (1980) essay by Frederik Pohl
Horace L. Gold (1980) essay by Frederik Pohl
Gold on Galaxy (1980) essay by H.L. Gold
Coming Attraction (1950) short story by Fritz Leiber
To Serve Man (1950) short story by Damon Knight
Memoir (1980) essay by Damon Knight
Betelgeuse Bridge (1951) short story by William Tenn
From a Cave Deep in Stuyvesant Town- A Memoir of Galaxy's Most Creative Years (1980) essay by William Tenn [as by Philip Klass]
Cost of Living (1952) short story by Robert Sheckley
Memoir of Galaxy Magazine (1980) essay by Robert Sheckley
The Model of a Judge (1953) short story by William Morrison
Memoir (1980) essay by William Morrison
The Holes Around Mars (1954) short story by Jerome Bixby
Memoir (1980) essay by Jerome Bixby
Horrer Howce (1956) short story by Margaret St. Clair
Memoir (1980) essay by Margaret St. Clair
People Soup (1958) short story by Alan Arkin
Memoir (1980) essay by Alan Arkin
Something Bright (1960) short story by Zenna Henderson
The Lady Who Sailed the Soul [The Instrumentality of Mankind] (1960) novelette by Cordwainer Smith
The Deep Down Dragon (1961) short story by Judith Merril
Memoir (1980) essay by Judith Merril
Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night (1961) novelette by Algis Budrys
Memoir: Spilled Milk (1980) essay by Algis Budrys
The Place Where Chicago Was (1962) novelette by Jim Harmon
Memoir (1980) essay by Jim Harmon
The Great Nebraska Sea (1963) short story by Allan Danzig
Memoir (1980) essay by Allan Danzig
Oh, to Be a Blobel! (1964) novelette by Philip K. Dick
Memoir (1980) essay by Philip K. Dick
Founding Father (1965) short story by Isaac Asimov
Memoir (1980) essay by Isaac Asimov
Going Down Smooth (1968) short story by Robert Silverberg
Memoir (1980) essay by Robert Silverberg
All the Myriad Ways [Time Travel - Parallel Universe] (1968) short story by Larry Niven
Memoir (1980) essay by Larry Niven
The Last Flight of Dr. Ain (1969) short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
From Galaxy Bookshelf (1980) essay by Algis Budrys
Memoir (1980) essay by Algis Budrys
Galaxy Book Shelf (Galaxy, September 1969) (1969) essay by Algis Budrys
Slow Sculpture (1970) novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
Memoir (1980) essay by Theodore Sturgeon
About a Secret Crocodile (1970) short story by R.A. Lafferty
Memoir (1980) essay by R. A. Lafferty
Cold Friend (1973) short story by Harlan Ellison
Memoir (1980) essay by Harlan Ellison
The Day Before the Revolution [Hainish] (1974) short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Gift of Garigolli (1974) novelette by C.M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank [Eight Worlds] (1976) novelette by John Varley
Note (1980) essay by John Varley
Horace, Galaxyca (1980) essay by Alfred Bester
Index to Galaxy Magazine (1980) essay by uncredited
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