- Publication: Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 88Publication Record # 503745 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
- Editor: H. L. Gold
- Date: 1961-10-00
- Publisher: Galaxy Publishing Corporation
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Price: 3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
- Pages: 196
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Format: digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
- Type: MAGAZINE
- Cover: Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 88 by Virgil Finlay (variant of Galaxy Magazine, October 1961) [as by Finlay]
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Notes: • Other than the cover appears to be identical to the US edition • October 1961 on copyright/TOC page , Tuck has the month as November
Editor Title:
Galaxy Science Fiction [UK] - 1961 • [Galaxy Science Fiction [UK]] • (1961) • edited by H. L. Gold
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- 5 • How Much Is Enough? • [Editor's Page (Galaxy)] • essay by H. L. Gold [as by The Editor]
- 8 • A Planet Named Shayol • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 9 • A Planet Named Shayol • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
- 19 • A Planet Named Shayol [2] • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 32 • A Planet Named Shayol [3] • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
- 47 • Crime Machine • short story by Robert Bloch
- 47 • Crime Machine • interior artwork by Burns
- 50 • Crime Machine [2] • interior artwork by Burns
- 54 • Amateur in Chancery • (1961) • short story by George O. Smith
- 68 • The Abominable Earthman • novelette by Frederik Pohl
- 76 • The Abominable Earthman • interior artwork by Dick Francis
- 92 • For Your Information: The Home-Made Land • [For Your Information] • essay by Willy Ley
- 92 • For Your Information: The Home-Made Land • interior artwork by Balbalis
- 107 • Mating Call • short story by Frank Herbert
- 116 • Mating Call • interior artwork by Dick Francis
- 122 • Arcturus Times Three • [Contact (Jack Sharkey)] • novelette by Jack Sharkey
- 133 • Arcturus Times Three • interior artwork by George Schelling [as by Schelling]
- 148 • Arcturus Times Three [2] • interior artwork by George Schelling [as by Schelling]
- 158 • The Beat Cluster • short story by Fritz Leiber
- 165 • The Beat Cluster • interior artwork by Dick Francis
- 172 • Forecast (Galaxy, October 1961) • essay by uncredited
- 173 • Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf (Galaxy, October 1961) • [Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf] • essay by Floyd C. Gale
- 173 • Review: Space Volunteers by Terence Kay • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 173 • Review: The Astronauts by Martin Caidin • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 174 • Review: Countdown by William Roy Shelton • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 174 • Review: Ninety Seconds to Space by Jules Bergman • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 174 • Review: Polaris! by James Baar and William E. Howard • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 174 • Review: The Man Who Rode the Thunder by W. H. Rankin • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 175 • Review: Careers and Opportunities in Science by Philip Pollack • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 175 • Review: From Cell to Test Tube by R. W. Chambers and A. S. Payne • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 175 • Review: Saturday Science by Andre Bluemle • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 175 • Review: The Book of the Atom by Leonard de Vries • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 175 • Review: The Fascinating World of Astronomy by R. S. Richardson • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 176 • Review: The Life and Times of Tarquin the Etruscan by C. M. Franzero • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 176 • Review: The Lost Pharaohs by Leonard Cottrell • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 176 • Review: The Romance of Weights and Measures by Keith Gordon Irwin • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 176 • Review of nonfiction nongenre _Seven Miles Down_ (Jacques Piccard and possibly Robert S. Dietz) • essay by Floyd C. Gale
- 177 • Review: Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 177 • Review: Edison Experiments You Can Do by Marjorie Van de Water • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 177 • Review: Science Puzzlers by Martin Gardner • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 177 • Review: The Wild Rocket by Peggy Hoffman • review by Floyd C. Gale
- 178 • The Spy in the Elevator • novelette by Donald E. Westlake
- 178 • The Spy in the Elevator • interior artwork by West
- 185 • The Spy in the Elevator [2] • interior artwork by West
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