Galaxy Science Fiction

June 1960, Volume 18 Number 5

by Frederik Pohl, Raymond E. Banks, William W. Stuart, L. J. Stecher, Edgar Pangborn, Jack Sharkey, Charles V. de Vet, John Rackham, Fredric Brown, Willy Ley, H. L. Gold, Floyd C. Gale


©1960 Galaxy Publishing Corporation

First edition

Edited by H. L. Gold

Science editor Willy Ley

Cover art by Ed Emshwiller (Emsh)

Internal black & white illustrations by Ed Emshwiller, Wallace Wood, Diane & Leo Dillon, Dick Francis

Softcover, magazine digest 

194 pages

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Condition:  SEE IMAGES.  This vintage pulp is in solid GOOD.  NO markings.  There is mild toning to the pages, with the photos making it look more extreme than it actually is.  There is NO brittleness, and pages are easily and comfortably flippable.  Well over 50 years old, this issue is not pristine or flawless, but still overall a nice, presentable copy.  Light edge wear with a minor short tear to the front panel near the spine and Galaxy heading.  Front panel creasing at reading fold, but binding remains tight and boxed, with no detachments.  The covers have soft corners/tips, and creasing to the spine.  Preserved in an acid-free archival bag.  Please feel free to ask any questions or request additional pictures.

Fun Fact 1:  Frederik Pohl had a career that spanned 75 years.  His first poem was published in 1937, and articles & essays as late as 2012, before his passing in 2013.  He has won many awards as well as having been nominated over 100 times.  He was editor of both Galaxy and If, which under his leadership both publications rose to prominence in the science fiction genre.  For a period of time, Frederik Pohl was THE authority on the subject of Emperor Tiberius, for Encyclopedia Britannica.


Fun Fact 2:  Willy Ley was a writer of books on rocketry and related topics.  The Ley Crater on the far side of the Moon was named in his honor. (Wiki).


Fun Fact 3:  Fredric Brown was best known for his use of humor in writing, as well as for successfully putting out short-SHORT stories.  One of his stories was voted into the top 20 SF stories written before 1965, and Philip K Dick described one of his stories as “what may be the most significant, startlingly so, story SF has yet produced”.  His influence has been felt on screen as well as across literary genre and authors.


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Galaxy Science Fiction was a magazine digest that ran from 1950 until 1980.  In the final year, only 1 issue was published.  It was revived again for a brief 8 issues in 1994-95.  Galaxy was a French-Italian publishers attempt at getting a foothold in the American market.  Originally, it focused largely on stories around social issues as opposed to technology.  Galaxy, nearly from inception and under the editorship of Horace Gold followed by Frederik Pohl, became one of the leading science fiction magazines, greatly influencing and expanding the genre.  It boasted Horace Gold, Frederik Pohl, Willy Ley, Theodore Sturgeon, Lester del Rey, Judy Lynn and others on the editorial and department leadership.  It was only with the 1969 resignation of Frederik Pohl from editorship that prominence began to wane until it was ultimately cancelled in 1980.  Publishing the works of visionary greats such as Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Jack Vance, Frank Herbert, Robert Henlein, Ursula K. Le Guin, Willy Ley, Larry Niven and many other greats, Galaxy greatly influenced the field of science fiction.

 

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