GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS
- GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS
A companion series to
GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION. The first 31 issues of these numbered books, which resembled magazines, were published irregularly, 1950-57, in DIGEST format, and a further 4, 1957-9, were issued in standard paperback format. \#1-\#7 (1950-51) were published by World Editions, \#9-\#35 (1952-9) by Galaxy Publishing Corp. The series wasthen taken over by Beacon Books, a publisher specializing in mild pornography, which brought out 11 further issues, \#36-\#46 (1959-61), still in paperback format, usually with lurid covers and suggestive titles.The original series featured several classics of magazine sf, including Sinister Barrier (1939 Unknown; 1943) by Eric Frank RUSSELL (\#1), Legionof Space (1934 ASF; 1947) by Jack WILLIAMSON (\#2) and LEST DARKNESS FALL (1939 Unknown; 1941) by L. Sprague DE CAMP (\#24). Notable novels fromoutside the genre, often abridged, included The Amphibians (1924) and The World Below (1929) by S. Fowler WRIGHT (\#4 and \#5) and Odd John (1935) byOlaf STAPLEDON (\#8). There were also some original novels, including Prelude to Space (1951) by Arthur C. CLARKE (\#3) and Empire (1951) by Clifford D. SIMAK (\#7). Original novels with a sexy slant published in the Beacon Books series include Flesh (1960) by Philip Jose FARMER (\#41) and The Male Response (1961) by Brian W. ALDISS (\#45), while such innocuous works as A.E. VAN VOGT's The House that Stood Still (1950) and Cyril JUDD's Outpost Mars (1952) were retitled, respectively, The Mating Cry(rev vt 1960) (\#44) and Sin in Space (rev vt 1961) (\#46).In 1963 there appeared a second companion series to Gal, Galaxy Magabooks, each volume consisting of two short novels by a single author. There were only 3 issues: \#1 and \#2 came in 1963; the later \#3 was And My Fear is Great/Baby is Three (1965 dos) by Theodore STURGEON. Award Books issued a number of paperbacks as "Galaxy Science Fiction Novels" in the early 1970s, but these did not constitute a series.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia.
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