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[May 26, 1964] Stag Party (Silverberg's Regan's Planet and Time of the Great Freeze)

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by Gideon Marcus Science fiction is a hard business to make it in.  Back in the early '50s, during the post-war revival, there were some 40+ monthly magazines authors could send stories to.  It was pretty easy to get published back then although the quality was often…shall we say…indifferent.  By the end of the decade, … Continue reading [May 26, 1964] Stag Party (Silverberg's Regan's Planet and Time of the Great Freeze) →

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[May 8, 1964] Rough Patch (June 1964 Galaxy)

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by Gideon Marcus I think I've got a bad case of sibling rivalry.  When Victoria Silverwolf came onto the Journey, she took on the task of reviewing Fantastic, a magazine that was just pulling itself out of the doldrums.  My bailiwick consisted of Analog, Fantasy and Science Fiction, IF, and Galaxy, which constituted The Best … Continue reading [May 8, 1964] Rough Patch (June 1964 Galaxy) →

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[April 20, 1964] Play Ball! (June 1964 Worlds of Tomorrow)

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by Victoria Silverwolf Opening Ceremonies Howdy, sports fans! Baseball season just opened up here in the good old USA.  The New York Mets, relative newcomers to the sport, faced the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game held at Shea Stadium, their new stomping grounds. The first day, and already the scoreboard is broken The Mets … Continue reading [April 20, 1964] Play Ball! (June 1964 Worlds of Tomorrow) →

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[March 29, 1964] Five by Five (March Galactoscope)

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For your reading pleasure, Galactic Journey presents a quintet of the newest books in this month's Galactoscope… by Victoria Silverwolf The Prodigal Sun, by Philip E. High I'm sitting here sipping some Earl Grey tea, nibbling a Bendicks Bittermint, listening to the Beatles on the radio; am I still in Tennessee?  I must be, because … Continue reading [March 29, 1964] Five by Five (March Galactoscope) →

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[January 22, 1964] The British Are Coming!  The Americans Are Here! (February 1964 Fantastic)

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by Victoria Silverwolf Galactic Journeyers from the United Kingdom have often spoken about the strange phenomenon known as Beatlemania.  Not too long ago, CBS News offered a report on the craze. This peculiar form of passionate devotion to four shaggy-haired musicians has made little impact here in the United States.  That may change soon. released … Continue reading [January 22, 1964] The British Are Coming!  The Americans Are Here! (February 1964 Fantastic) →

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[January 8, 1964] A Taste of Homely (February 1964 Galaxy)

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by Gideon Marcus Lost that Zing It's tough to get out of a rut.  After all, you went through all the trouble of digging the trench in the first place — why expend extra effort getting out of it? But the fact is, the house that H.L. Gold built in 1950, the superlative Galaxy Science … Continue reading [January 8, 1964] A Taste of Homely (February 1964 Galaxy) →

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[December 11, 1963] Count every star (1963's Galactic Stars)

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by Gideon Marcus [Time is running out to get your Worldcon membership!  Register here to be able to vote for the Hugos.] Goodness, is it the end of the year already?  1963 may go down in the history books as the most eventful year of the 1960s.  The Mercury program wrapped up, the Soviets launched … Continue reading [December 11, 1963] Count every star (1963's Galactic Stars) →

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December 9, 1963 Indifferent to it all (January 1964 IF)

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by Gideon Marcus Picking up the pieces It's been two weeks since President Kennedy was shot in Dallas, and the country is slowly returning to normal (whatever normal is these days).  Jackie has taken the family out of the White House, President Johnson is advancing the first legislation of his social welfare plan, the "Great … Continue reading December 9, 1963 Indifferent to it all (January 1964 IF) →

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[November 13, 1963] Good Cop (the December 1963 Amazing)

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by John Boston Amazing is starting to resemble a good cop/bad cop routine, and this December 1963 issue is brought to us by the good cop.  The cover story is To Plant a Seed, a longish novelet by Neal Barrett, Jr., in which this still fairly new writer earnestly wrestles with one of the more … Continue reading [November 13, 1963] Good Cop (the December 1963 Amazing) →

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[November 9, 1963] Change and Constancy (December 1963 Galaxy)

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by Gideon Marcus If you've been following the papers this week, you can't have missed the biggest news: the tour of Madame Nhu, the sister-in-law of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, was pushed from the front page when a military coup toppled the Asian country's government and assassinated its head on November 2. Rioting … Continue reading [November 9, 1963] Change and Constancy (December 1963 Galaxy) →

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