by Victoria Silverwolf A Hodgepodge of Happenings It's the season for clearing out all that stuff you've got piling up in the closet, ready to greet the new year with a fresh start. With that in mind, and given the fact that no one news item dominated the headlines this month, allow me to throw … Continue reading [December 23, 1964] Odds and Ends (January 1965 Fantastic)
by Victoria Silverwolf I'll Cross That Bridge When I Come To It Citizens of the Big Apple now have a new way to travel between Staten Island and Brooklyn, with the official opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The structure is named for the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, said to be the first European to … Continue reading [November 21, 1964] Bridging the Gap (December 1964 Fantastic)
by Victoria Silverwolf You Only Live Twice Cover art by Richard Chopping I trust that the spirit of the late Ian Fleming will forgive me for stealing the title of the last James Bond novel to be published during his lifetime. (Rumor has it that at least one more may be published posthumously.) Those evocative … Continue reading [November 9, 1964] Shall We Gather At The River? (January 1965 Worlds of Tomorrow)
There were quite a lot of books to catch up on this month, but two of them stood out for their quality. As a result, they're going to get full-length treatments, and the other books we read will be dealt with later. So please enjoy these exciting offerings, reviewed by two of the Journey's finest … Continue reading [October 18, 1964] Out in Space and Down to Earth (October's Galactoscope #1)
[Don't miss your chance to get your copy of Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963), some of the best science fiction of the Silver Age. If you like the Journey, you'll love this book (and you'll be helping us out, too!)] [This month's Galactoscope features two global catastrophes, two collections, and four authors you've almost … Continue reading [September 20, 1964] Apocalypses and other trivia (Galactoscope)
[We have exciting news! Journey Press, the publishing company founded by the team behind Galactic Journey, has just launched its first book. We know you will enjoy Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963), a curated set of fourteen excellent stories introduced by the rising stars of 2019. If you enjoy Galactic Journey, you'll want to … Continue reading [September 8, 1964] It's War! (The October 1964 Galaxy and the 1964 Hugos)
by Victoria Silverwolf Life is But a Dream I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man? — Zhuangzi, Chinese philosopher, 4th century BC Science fiction … Continue reading [July 30, 1964] Are You For Real? (Simulacron-3 AKA Counterfeit World by Daniel F. Galouye)
by Gideon Marcus SFlying West Once again, the Journey is brought to you from Japan! Specifically, the nation's capital, Tokyo. We've become old hands at making the trk across the Pacific, especially since Pan Am inaugurated direct 707 service from Los Angeles to Tokyo International. This time, we stayed at a new hotel, in the … Continue reading [June 20, 1964] How low can you go? (July 1964 Fantasy and Science Fiction)
by Victoria Silverwolf In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time I belonged in Idle Valley like a pearl onion on a banana split. Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye We've probably all felt out of place from time to time, like the philosophical private eye Philip Marlowe quoted above. I'll bet that the Rolling Stones, … Continue reading [June 16, 1964] Strangers in Strange Lands (August 1964 Worlds of Tomorrow)
by John Boston Wishing Waiting Hoping Can it be . . . drifting up through the murk, like a forgotten suitcase floating up from an old shipwreck . . . a worthwhile issue of Amazing? You certainly can’t tell by the cover, which is one of the ugliest jobs ever perpetrated by the usually talented … Continue reading [June 12, 1964] RISING THROUGH THE MURK (the July 1964 Amazing)
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