Talk:Galaxy Science Fiction

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[edit] Miscellaneous early comments

I seem to remember Galaxy magazine having some connection with "Worlds of If" at some point, like maybe they bought out the magazine and merged editorial content (maybe in the 1970s). Does anyone know for sure? I suppose I could do some research via Google and see if I can find anything. I loved Galazy back in the seventies, when I was a subscriber. I think somewhere I actually have a copy of a special edition from 1974. soulpatch

If, later called Worlds of If, was launched by James L. Quinn, apparently, in March 1952. I'm too lazy to do the research right now. :) Ejler Jakobsson and successor Jim Baen tried to reintroduce If with a new cover format in 1974, but the magazine failed and was incorporated into Galaxy, as I should have- (now have)- mentioned. I have 4 issues from that period. k4f 08:57 Dec 5, 2002 (UTC)

(Removing some questions by me and helpful comments byEloquence that don't bear directly on the topic.k4f 05:32 Dec 8, 2002 (UTC)

H. L. Gold vs Horace L. Gold: I think Gold is much more widely known as H.L. Gold, and that when a main entry is made it should be under that name. If I do it first I shall certainly try to establish "H.L. Gold" as the primary name. Right now if anyone searches for H.L. Gold they're going to have trouble finding anything. k4f 05:13 Dec 8, 2002 (UTC)

Trivia: a (presumed fictional) issue of Galaxy marked "September 1953, 38 cents" appears in the Star Trek: DS9 episode "Far Beyond the Stars." Worth mentioning? 168.9.120.8 16:27, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Edizione Mondiale

I took out the reference to Fascination, the name of the failed magazine that Edizione Mondiale published prior to Galaxy. I couldn't find any reference to it in Ashley or the Nicholls/Clute encyclopedia. If anyone has a reference to support the name of the magazine, it could be added back in, though I don't think it's a big deal if we don't have it. Mike Christie (talk) 01:40, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Here are the references to Fascination: http://208.100.59.10/wiki/index.php/Magazine:Galaxy_Science_Fiction

http://efanzines.com/EK/eI31/index.htm I thought this was pretty important as it explained exactly why Galaxy was started by a foreign publisher, something I had wondered about for years. Pepso2 (talk) 10:01, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

I've added the name back; I referenced the Ortiz book that efanzines.com quotes, since that's where the information comes from. It would be good to get a copy of that book to be able to quote a page number and eliminate the reference to the website.
I see there's also a reference to Fascination further down as a fumetti magazine -- I'm not sure we need this level of detail.
If I have time over the next couple of weeks I'd like to try to get this article up to FA level, so I hope to be working on it fairly regularly over that time. I'd be glad to collaborate with anyone else active on this page, but I'm also happy to have a go myself if nobody else has time to put in at the moment. Mike Christie (talk) 15:35, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cover repro

Somewhere, maybe in the first issue?, Gold made a comment about how the cover of the first (?) issue was done with a radical new printing process. I've often wondered what this was. Pepso2 (talk) 23:26, 19 May 2008 (UTC)