The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein in Galaxy, Sept. 1951

Galaxy Science Fiction was a digest size science fiction magazine, the creation of noted editor Horace Leonard Gold, generally known as H. L. Gold. This is a magazine cover. ... This is a magazine cover. ... In 1951, Robert A. Heinlein published a science fiction novel, The Puppet Masters, in which American secret agents battle parasitic invaders from outer space. ... Heinlein autographing at the 1976 Worldcon Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most influential and controversial authors in science fiction. ... Digest size is a standard magazine size, smaller than a conventional bedsheet size magazine but larger than a standard paperback book, approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ... Horace Leonard Gold (April 26, 1914 - February 21, 1996) was a science fiction writer and editor. ... Horace Leonard Gold (April 26, 1914 - February 21, 1996) was a science fiction writer and editor. ...

Galaxy's premiere issue introduced a book review column by celebrated anthologist Groff Conklin, which continued till 1955, and a science column by Willy Ley that continued until his death in 1969 (before the Apollo 11 landing). Groff Conklin (September 6, 1904 - 1968) was a noted science fiction anthologist, born Edward Groff Conklin in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. ... 1955 (MCMLV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Willy Ley (October 2, 1906 - June 24, 1969) was a science writer and space advocate who helped popularise rocketry and spaceflight in Germany and the United States in the early-mid twentieth century. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Apollo 11 was an American space mission, part of the Apollo program and the first manned mission to land on the Moon. ...

Galaxy published acclaimed science fiction for most of three decades under a succession of editors: Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

• H. L. Gold: October, 1950 - October, 1961 (See note under Frederik Pohl.)
• Frederik Pohl: ? 1958? - May, 1969 (Pohl took over from an ailing Gold sometime in the late 1950s, though the masthead was not changed until the December 1961 issue.)
• Ejler Jakobsson: July, 1969 - May, 1974
• James Baen: June, 1974 - October, 1977
• John J. Pierce: November, 1977 - March/April, 1979
• Hank Stine: June/July, 1979 - September/October, 1979
• Floyd Kemske: 1980

Begun as a monthly, the magazine varied between monthly, bimonthly and eventually irregularly-issued status at different times during its 30+ year run. In 1953 a French edition, Galaxie, was launched, and in 1957, a German edition, Galaxis. After Groff Conklin stepped down as book reviewer, his column was continued by Floyd C. "Gale" (actually Gold, H. L. Gold's brother). (Indications that Conklin himself continued the column after 1955 appear to be in error.) In February, 1965, Pohl brought Algis Budrys on as book reviewer; he was succeeded later, sometime before 1972, by Theodore Sturgeon, who passed the job to Spider Robinson in 1975. Vaughn Bode briefly contributed a comic strip, Sunpot, to the magazine in the early 1970s. Jerry Pournelle served as science columnist under Baen, and famous sf fan and professional erotica writer Richard E. Geis wrote a fannish commentary column "The Alien Viewpoint" in the latter 1970s issues (after they had begun appearing in Baen's If [see immediately below]). With the January 1975 issue, Galaxy incorporated its sister magazine, Worlds of If, founded in March of 1952, with which it had shared several editors after purchase from founding publisher James Quinn in the latter 1950s. Galaxy ceased publication in 1980. In the early 1990s the magazine was purchased by E. J. Gold, son of the founder, who published eight bimonthly issues in 8x11 format on pulp stock between Jan/Feb 1994 and Mar/Apr 1995. Plans to continue the Galaxy title online did not develop, though the former editor maintains a scattering of Galaxy-related web pages. Horace Leonard Gold (April 26, 1914 - February 21, 1996) was a science fiction writer and editor. ... 1950 (MCML in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Frederik Pohl (November 26, 1919—) is an American science fiction writer and editor who became a Nebula Grand Master in 1993. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Ejler Jakobsson (1911-1986) was a Finnish-born science fiction editor. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... James Patrick Jim Baen (b. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... John J. Pierce (born 1941) was an American science fiction editor. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Hank Stine (born 1945) was an American science fiction editor and writer. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Algis Budrys (born January 9, 1931) is an American science fiction author. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Tuesday. ... Theodore Sturgeon (February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985) was an American science fiction author. ... Spider Robinson (born November 24, 1948 in New York City) is a Canadian science fiction writer. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... if, subtitled Worlds of Science Fiction, was launched in March 1952, the creation, apparently, of James L. Quinn of the Quinn Publishing Company, not to be confused with Robert Guinn, who later published both If and its sister magazine Galaxy. ... James F. Jimmy Quinn (September 9, 1906 - July, 2004) was an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Among the sibling magazines and side projects:

• Fascination (a magazine apparently devoted to romantic fumetti, the first major project in the US from Galaxy's founding publisher World Editions)
• Beyond Fantasy Fiction, a digest size fantasy fiction magazine edited by H. L. Gold, 1953-1955 (poor sales led to a title change for its last issues to Beyond Fiction)
• Galaxy Novels, a digest size line of usually abridged reprints, early 1950s.
• Galaxy Magabooks, an early 1960s similar project.
• Worlds of Tomorrow, starting in 1963 and incorporated into If four years later, and perhaps most notable for some of its nonfiction content, including R. W. Ettinger's early articles on cryonics. The title was briefly relaunched under Jakobsson, 1970-71.
• Worlds of Fantasy, 1968. Edited by Lester del Rey, by then a member of the Galaxy staff. Also briefly revived under Jakobsson, 1970-71.
• International Science Fiction, 1968. A short-lived attempt, edited by Pohl, to offer a wide range of international sf, much in translation into English for the first time.

A number of anthologies have been drawn from the pages of Galaxy, including the Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction series and Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction (1980). Fumetti or photo novels are a form of comics illustrated with photographs rather than drawings. ... Digest size is a standard magazine size, smaller than a conventional bedsheet size magazine but larger than a standard paperback book, approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. ... For other definitions of fantasy see fantasy (psychology). ... Digest size is a standard magazine size, smaller than a conventional bedsheet size magazine but larger than a standard paperback book, approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. ... This bigfoot Dewar flask is custom-designed to contain four wholebody patients and six neuropatients immersed in liquid nitrogen at -196 degrees Celsius. ... Lester del Rey (Ramon Felipe Alvarez-del Rey) (June 2, 1915 - May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. ...

External links

• Galaxy covers from the 1950s.