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 Heinlein published his award-winning science fiction masterpiece, 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 the science fiction genre. ... 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 on various subjects. ... 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 is 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 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned lunar landing. ...

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. J. E. 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 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the writer and editor. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Ejler Jakobsson (1911-1986) was a Finnish-born science fiction editor. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... James Patrick Jim Baen (b. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... John J. Pierce (born 1941) was an American science fiction editor. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Hank Stine (born 1945) was an American science fiction editor and writer. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Algis Budrys (born January 9, 1931) is an American science fiction author. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Theodore Sturgeon (February 26, 1918 Staten Island, New York - May 8, 1985) was an American science fiction author. ... Spider Robinson was born as Paul Robinson on November 24, 1948 in New York City. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... ... 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 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1995 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) Fumetti is a form of comics illustrated with photographs rather than drawings. ...

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) 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). ...

Galaxy Novels, a digest size line of usually abridged reprints, early 1950s. 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. ...

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. Cryonics is the practice of preserving organisms, or at least their brains, for possible future revival by storing them at cryogenic temperatures where metabolism and decay are almost completely stopped. ...

Worlds of Fantasy, 1968. Edited by Lester del Rey, by then a member of the Galaxy staff. Also briefly revived under Jakobsson, 1970-71. Lester del Rey (Ramon Felipe Alvarez-del Rey) (June 2, 1915 - May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. ...

International Science Fiction, 1968. A shortlived 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 Pohl and others' Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction (1980).

External links

• index, 1950-1995 (http://www.sfsite.com/isfdb/galaxy.html)
• Galaxy covers from the 1950s. (http://www.sciencefictionmuseum.com/classics/gc5010.html)