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galacticjourney) wrote2015-11-11 06:28 pm
galacticjourney) wrote2015-11-11 06:28 pm
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[Nov. 11, 1960] A Celebrated Veteran (December 1960 Galaxy)
Ten years ago, a World War Two vet named H. L. Gold decided to try his luck as editor of a science fiction digest. His Galaxy was among the first of the new crop of magazines in the post-war science fiction boom, and it quickly set an industry standard.
A decade later, Galaxy is down to a bimonthly schedule and has cut author rates in half. This has, predictably, led to a dip in quality, though it is not as pronounced as I'd feared. Moreover, the magazine is half-again as large as it used to be, and its sister publication, IF, might as well be a second Galaxy. All told, the magazine is still a bargain at 50 cents the issue.
Particularly the December 1960 issue. There's a lot of good stuff herein (once you get past yet another senilic Gold editorial):
(see the rest at Galactic Journey!)
A decade later, Galaxy is down to a bimonthly schedule and has cut author rates in half. This has, predictably, led to a dip in quality, though it is not as pronounced as I'd feared. Moreover, the magazine is half-again as large as it used to be, and its sister publication, IF, might as well be a second Galaxy. All told, the magazine is still a bargain at 50 cents the issue.
Particularly the December 1960 issue. There's a lot of good stuff herein (once you get past yet another senilic Gold editorial):
(see the rest at Galactic Journey!)