• Publication: Galaxy Science Fiction [UK], No. 40Publication Record # 503680 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
• Editor: H. L. Gold
• Date: 1956-07-00
• Publisher: Strato Publications
• Price:
  2/-^?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: 132
• 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. 40 by Tocchet (variant of Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1956)
• Notes: • Follows the contents of the May 1956 US issue • Drops the Jim Harmon story • Date from Tuck

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 2 • Of Two Minds • [Editor's Page (Galaxy)] • (1956) • essay by H. L. Gold
• 5 • Volpla • (1956) • novelette by Wyman Guin
• 5 •  Volpla • (1956) • interior artwork by Dick Francis
• 16 •  Volpla [2] • (1956) • interior artwork by Dick Francis
• 25 •  Volpla [3] • (1956) • interior artwork by Dick Francis
• 27 • For Your Information: Wanted — Dead or Alive • [For Your Information] • (1956) • essay by Willy Ley
• 27 •  For Your Information: Wanted — Dead or Alive • (1956) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 40 •  A Coffin for Jacob • (1956) • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 41 • A Coffin for Jacob • (1956) • novelette by Edward W. Ludwig
• 57 •  A Coffin for Jacob [2] • (1956) • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 66 •  A Coffin for Jacob [3] • (1956) • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 71 • One Across • (1956) • short story by Arthur Sellings
• 75 •  One Across • (1956) • interior artwork by Cal
• 84 • Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf (Galaxy, May 1956) • [Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf] • (1956) • essay by Floyd C. Gale
• 84 •   Review: Your Sins and Mine by Taylor Caldwell • (1956) • review by Floyd C. Gale
• 85 •   Review: Report on the Status Quo by Terence Roberts • (1956) • review by Floyd C. Gale
• 85 •   Review: The Edge of the Sea by Rachel Carson • (1956) • review by Floyd C. Gale
• 86 •   Review: Frontiers of Astronomy by Fred Hoyle • (1956) • review by Floyd C. Gale
• 86 •   Review: Guide to the Stars by Hector MacPherson • (1956) • review by Floyd C. Gale
• 87 •   Review: Martin and His Friend From Outer Space by Ivo Duka and Helena Kolda • (1956) • review by Floyd C. Gale
• 87 •   Review: Revolt on Alpha C by Robert Silverberg • (1956) • review by Floyd C. Gale
• 88 • Slave Ship (Part 3 of 3) • (1956) • serial by Frederik Pohl
• 88 •  Slave Ship (Part 3 of 3) • (1956) • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 100 •  Slave Ship (Part 3 of 3) [2] • (1956) • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 109 •  Slave Ship (Part 3 of 3) [3] • (1956) • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 118 •  Slave Ship (Part 3 of 3) [4] • (1956) • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]