This was announced a couple of days ago, but I missed it.
Starship Sloane Publishing is reviving Galaxy Science Fiction.
A bit of history. Back in the 1940s, the top science fiction magazine was Astounding Science Fiction, edited by John W. Campbell, Jr., although arguments can be made that Thrilling Wonder Stories and perhaps Startling Stories were more entertaining. Planet Stories was still being published, but other than an occasional story by Leigh Brackett, it wasn’t publishing many stories of note. Amazing Stories was stumbling along, the Shaver Mystery not yet upon us.
All that changed at the end of the decade when two new magazines came on the scene. One was The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, which appears to have ceased publication.
The other was Galaxy Science Fiction. Edited by Horce L. Gold, it was as different from Astounding as it was possible to be. Whereas Campbell focused on the science, wanting reigid adherence to known scientific principles as much as possible, Gold stressed soicology over physics, psychology over engineering.
Many of the classic stories by Fredril Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth were published there, as were stories by Robert Sheckley and Phillip K. Dick.
The first issue is free as a PDF download.
Starship Sloane Publishing also relaunched Worlds of If last year.
This could be really great IF they work hard to produce a quality product.
I seem to remember there was a writer who sent in a story to Galaxy that was rejected. He then sent it in to World’s of If even though it had the same editor. The story was accepted and he got a note on how the editor liked the revisions. Of course, the story hadn’t be revised.
For years I thought it was Larry Niven who told the story, but now I think it might have been Gene Wolfe. My memories fuzzy.
I’ve heard this story, too. I don’t recall who the writer was. I think the editor may have been Fred Pohl, but I’m not sure.
I’m hopeful that this will be a great and successful magazine. We need more short fiction markets.
My gosh! I hadn’t heard this! Hope it’s good! Hope it lasts!
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