[New to the Journey? Read this for a brief introduction!] by Gideon Marcus We at the Journey have a special treat for you this holiday season. Look beneath all the discarded paper and shed pine needles and gelt wrappers—why, it's a complete list of The Best Science Fiction (and Fantasy) of 1969! With SFnal output … Continue reading [December 26, 1969] A Wreath of Stars (the best science fiction of 1969!)
[New to the Journey? Read this for a brief introduction!] by Gideon Marcus Being #2… stinks On the scene at the launch of Apollo 12, President Nixon assured the NASA technicians that America was #1 in space, and that it wasn't just jingoism—it was true! Well, even a stopped clock, etc. In fact, all accounts … Continue reading [December 20, 1969] Stars above, stars at hand (January 1970 Fantasy and Science Fiction)
By Mx Kris Vyas-Myall Just some of the many brands of sex you can enjoy at your local tobacconist theatre It seems the final death knell for Capital Punishment in the UK will be sounded soon. There is a vote soon in the House of Lords, widely expected to pass, to make the trial period … Continue reading [December 12, 1969] A More Liberal Society? (Vision of Tomorrow #4)
No, this is not Galactoscope, which is still a week-and-a-half off, but a review (I suppose in keeping with the subject's rather large girth) presented on its own. Last year, I believe almost to the day, we got Piers Anthony’s previous novel, Omnivore, which I reviewed a few months later. (There are so many paperbacks … Continue reading [November 6, 1969] I Can See For Miles (Piers Anthony's Macroscope)
by David Levinson A paper dragon Back in April, I wrote about a border skirmish between the Soviet Union and China. That wasn’t the end of the matter. The Soviets went on a minor diplomatic offensive, trying to get India to join an alliance against China and to pull North Korea back into the Soviet … Continue reading [November 2, 1969] Love and Hate (December 1969 IF)
by Gideon Marcus Unusually for the Galactoscope, our monthly round-up of new science fiction publications, we're starting this article with a stop press. It's simply too big an item to ignore. If you read the papers this morning, you know the big news was that the Mets played the winning game of the World Series … Continue reading [October 16, 1969] The March Goes On (Heartsease, Masque World, The Shadow People, Avengers of Carrig…and more!)
by Gideon Marcus What an idea to have the 27th World Science Fiction Convention in crummy St. Louis in summer! It was hot. It was muggy. From Fanac And it was glorious. Thanks, Ozark SF Assn., particularly co-chairs Ray and Joyce Fisher, for your bid and your hard work. Apparently, the bid traced its beginnings … Continue reading [September 6, 1969] A hot time in the old town (Worldcon in St. Louis!)
Join us on August 29 at 7pm Pacific Daylight Time for the first edition of Science Fiction Theater—every week, we'll broadcast an excellent show or two, accompanied by fanzine readings and, of course, with commercials! By Mx Kris Vyas-Myall In general, there is a certain patriarchal attitude us Brits have towards the Commonwealth. We assume … Continue reading [August 28, 1969] Aussie-British Publishing (Vision of Tomorrow #1)
by John Boston The September Amazing is fronted by one of Johnny Bruck’s more cliched covers, this one from Perry Rhodan #59 from 1962. It’s notable mainly for the fact that the guy with two guns and a fierce expression seems to be diving through a matter transmitter, and we see, impossibly, both the origin … Continue reading [August 10, 1969] Pushing the Envelope (September 1969 Amazing)
Aside from the stray short story I have to admit I had not read any of John Jakes’s novels, of which there have been many as of late—so many, in fact, that we folks at the Journey have not been able to cover every new Jakes book. Just this year alone we’ve gotten three or … Continue reading [July 16, 1969] Not all Jake(s) (July 1969 Galactoscope)
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