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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Galaxy science fiction
Galaxy Science Fiction magazine was the creation of noted pulp magazine editor Horace Leonard Gold[?].
Galaxy's premiere issue introduced a book column by celebrated anthologist Groff Conklin, which contined till 1955, and a science column by Willy Ley[?] that continued until his death in 1969.
Galaxy ceased publication in pulp format in 1980.
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 Galaxy Science Fiction - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Galaxy Science Fiction was a digest size science fiction magazine, the creation of noted editor Horace Leonard Gold, generally known as H.
Galaxy's premiere issue introduced a book review column by celebrated anthologist Groff Conklin, which continued till 1955, and a science column by Willy Ley that continued until his death in 1969 (before the Apollo 11 landing).
Galaxy published acclaimed science fiction for three decades under a succession of editors:
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  Galaxy Science Fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Galaxy Science Fiction was a digest size science fiction magazine, the creation of noted editor Horace Leonard Gold, generally known as H.
Galaxy's premiere issue introduced a book review column by celebrated anthologist Groff Conklin, which continued till 1955, and a science column by Willy Ley that continued until his death in 1969 (before the Apollo 11 landing).
Galaxy Novels, a digest size line of usually abridged reprints, early 1950s.
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 Learn more about Galaxy in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Galaxies are held together by gravitational attraction and the galactic components orbit a common centre.
However, the nebulae were not universally accepted as distant separate galaxies until the matter was settled by Edwin Hubble in the early 1920s using a new telescope.
In the 1970s it was realized that the total visible mass of galaxies (from stars and gas) does not properly account for the speed of the rotating gas, thus leading to the postulation of dark matter.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /g/ga/galaxy.html   (1164 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Galaxy science fiction
Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals.
Groff Conklin (September 6, 1904 - 1968) was a noted science fiction anthologist, born Edward Groff Conklin in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
Galaxy published acclaimed science fiction for most of three decades under a succession of editors: Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Galaxy-science-fiction   (1358 words)

  
 Galaxy science fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Galaxy Science Fiction magazine was the creation of noted pulp magazine editor Horace Leonard Gold.
Galaxy's premiere issue introduced a book column by celebrated anthologist Groff Conklin, which contined till 1955, and a science column by Willy Ley that continued until his death in 1969.
Galaxy ceased publication in pulp format in 1980.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Galaxy_Magazine   (318 words)

  
 Main Homepage -- Science Fiction Museum
As you may have noticed, the Science Fiction Museum is in the midst of a major overhaul.
With the advent of a new set of scripts we are now able to open the cyber doors for submission of content from the whole of the science fiction community.
Galaxy ran several big-money contests to attract new writers to the field.
www.galaxyezine.org   (317 words)

  
 First Star Seen Leaving Our Galaxy: Science Fiction in the News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Science fiction writers have contemplated the question of rogue stars and planets since the nineteen-thirties.
In Arthur C. Clarke's The City and The Stars, a fleet of stars flees the galaxy to escape a dire fate (early versions of this novel were being worked on in the late 1930's; it was published in its final, expanded form in 1956).
Planets fleeing the galaxy in formation (see Kemplerer Rosette)are found in Larry Niven's 1970 novel Ringworld, as well as Stanley Schmidt's Lifeboat Earth, and the planet He in James Blish's CITIES IN FLIGHT.
www.technovelgy.com /ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=329   (347 words)

  
 Galaxy science fiction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Galaxy 's premiere issue introduced a book column celebrated anthologist Groff Conklin which contined till 1955 and a column by Willy Ley that continued until his death in Galaxy published outstanding science fiction for decades a succession of editors:
With the January 1975 issue Galaxy incorporated its sister magazine Worlds of If founded in March of 1952 with it had shared several editors.
In the early 1990s the magazine was purchased by E. Gold son of the founder who published bimonthly issues in 8x11 format (but on stock) between Jan/Feb 1994 and Mar/Apr 1995.
www.freeglossary.com /Galaxy_magazine   (674 words)

  
 Galaxy Science Fiction Checklist
We have not ordinarily indicated situations where the book version of a novel was published before the last installment of the serial, but Jem is so extraordinary in this regard that it is worth a comment.
Galaxy's publishing schedule slipped so badly on the last few issues that both the hardcover and paperback editions of Jem were issued long before the serial was completed.
Galaxy Science Fiction, Inc.; Boston, MA, Jul '80
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 Galaxy Science Fiction -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Galaxy published acclaimed (Literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society) science fiction for three decades under a succession of editors:
With the January 1975 issue, Galaxy incorporated its sister magazine, (Click link for more info and facts about Worlds of If) Worlds of If, founded in March of 1952, with which it had shared several editors.
In the early (The decade from 1990 to 1999) 1990s the magazine was purchased by E. Gold, son of the founder, who published eight bimonthly issues in 8x11 format on pulp stock between Jan/Feb 1994 and Mar/Apr 1995.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ga/galaxy_science_fiction.htm   (306 words)

  
 The Shape of Science Fiction
While conventional qualitative literary analysis has been extended to science fiction in a progressively more refined manner, quantitative analysis of the structure and content of SF has seldom been attempted.
We found that four descriptive phrases were significantly associated with New-Wave: avant-garde fiction which experiments with new styles, fiction concerned with harmful effects of scientific progress, utopian political novels and essays, and fiction which deeply probes personal relationships and feelings.
The galaxy of authors is somewhat banana-shaped because there is a negative correlation (gamma = 0.25) between the two types of fiction.
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 Galaxy science fiction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Galaxy'spremiere issue introduced a book column by celebrated anthologist GroffConklin, which contined till 1955, and a science column by Willy Ley thatcontinued until his death in 1969.
With theJanuary 1975 issue, Galaxy incorporated its sister magazine, Worlds of If, founded in March of 1952, with which it had shared several editors.
In the early 1990s the magazine was purchased by E. Gold, son of the founder, who published eight bimonthlyissues in 8x11 format (but on pulp stock) between Jan/Feb 1994 and Mar/Apr 1995.
www.therfcc.org /galaxy-science-fiction-40220.html   (304 words)

  
 Galaxy Magazine by David L. Rosheim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
From its very first issue in 1950, Galaxy Science Fiction was in the top rank, fully the equal of John W. Campbell's Astounding Science Fiction, hitherto the undisputed leader in the science fiction field.
Galaxy soon became famous for stories of social satire and character insight.
Galaxy had both its light years and its dark years, and if the dark finally took it away from us, we still have the memory of the light.
www.nesfa.org /press/Books/Advent/Rosheim.htm   (304 words)

  
 Mysterious Galaxy: 'C' Science Fiction/Fantasy Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
A fictional look at Russian cosmonauts and the events that led to the US beating Russia to the moon highlight this novel that will likely draw comparisons to "Apollo 13".
science fiction — a novel surely destined to be included in the next installment of said encyclopedia.
Seems the galaxy's in the throws of plaque, a data plague to the nth degree.
www.mystgalaxy.com /scifi_c.html   (4302 words)

  
 Mysterious Galaxy: 'S' Science Fiction/Fantasy Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Erasmus Darwin was, of course, not a fictional character but a renowned physician and diagnostician, inventor, poet and founder of the Lunar Society.
The savants of the world are seeking to create intellectual order out of their rudimentary understanding of the natural world, philosophy and mathematics, against the backdrop of the turmoil of kings and empires and new colonies on the rise.
Into this historical epoch, fiction and fact are woven through characters such as Isaac Newton, the Waterhouse family and the Shaftoe brothers, becoming the threads weaving together a history and legacy that we of the 21st century know and celebrate as computer technology.
www.mystgalaxy.com /scifi_s.html   (4662 words)

  
 Famous Science Fiction Authors - Criteria Indicating Fame
Many of famous science fiction and fantasy authors have works which were voted among the 100 greatest novels of the century in the reader's choice survey conducted by the Modern Library Board (The complete list is available online from Random House).
It is true that many of these authors, such as Dante and Voltaire, wrote what would clearly be classified as science fiction or fantasy today, and the only reason they are not considered sf/f writers is because they lived and wrote before the modern literary schism between speculative and "literary/mainstream" fiction.
The Basic Science Fiction Library - Gunn's picks of what authors (and what books) one should read to be qualified as an sf expert or educator.
www.adherents.com /lit/sf_lists.html   (3349 words)

  
 NPR : Museum Merges Science, Fiction
The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame is co-located with Experience Music Project in the Frank Gehry-designed building in Seattle.
Visitors to the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame find a dazzling maze of exhibits that blur the line between this world and the world of imagination, reports Jeremy Richards of member station KPLU.
She says the museum hopes to educate visitors by contrasting science fiction and the reality of science.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=3203151   (342 words)

  
 Galaxy Press: Publisher of the fiction works of L. Ron Hubbard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
To the Stars is set in an uncertain, strife-torn future when the first starships of man are traveling across the galaxy—but not without extracting a terrible price from their crews.
The Kingslayer - Audio CD Charged with an epic mission to find and destroy the one man believed to be the evil mastermind of the galaxy, a brilliant young man's destiny takes on strange and startling dimensions.
Battlefield Earth 20th Anniversary Edition Hailed by critics and fans alike, Battlefield Earth is as intriguing and imaginative now as on the day it was published, and to commemorate the 20th anniversary of this science fiction epic.
www.galaxypress.com /home.html   (309 words)

  
 Essay Galaxy - Science Fiction Movies
Science fiction movies have long been a popular media for thrill-seekers filled with a curiosity for the unknown.
What we do not usually do is search deep beneath the surface of these films for the true meaning of psy-fi; we just take them in as entertainment and leave it at that.
We see in science fiction repeated secondary motifs of technologization, primarily concerning the female body, as well as themes of warfare, androgyn
www.essaygalaxy.com /download.htm?essay=294   (133 words)

  
 Education Center Activity: Solar System Adventure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
Writing a science fiction story is not only fun, but a great way to learn about science.
Aspiring science fiction writers will find a treasure trove of ideas for future spaceship designs, orbital colonies, and more in the Visions of the Future section.
Science fiction is often based on scientific principles and technology.
www.eduplace.com /rdg/gen_act/advent/solar.html   (508 words)

  
 Mysterious Galaxy: Science Fiction/Fantasy Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
In this collection of short stories, novel excerpts and essays, writers from 1887 to 2000 use the medium of science fiction to comment on race issues, in their present and in imagined futures.
The screenplay, and thus this fictional adaptation, reflects the decision by George Lucas to concentrate on the romantic entanglement of its two main characters — Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala.
That the book is not more satisfying as a work of fiction is perhaps more a testimony to what George is doing with his movies, rather than the author's treatment.
www.mystgalaxy.com /bookrev_scifi.html   (4567 words)

  
 Asimov's Science Fiction
Galaxy Blues is set in Allen M. Steele’s popular Coyote series.
As one of science fiction’s most influential and prolific writers, Isaac Asimov wanted to provide a home for new SF writers—a new magazine for young writers could break into.
Asimov’s Science Fiction remains that home, as well as the publisher of some of the field’s best known authors.
www.asimovs.com   (409 words)

  
 Milky Way eats Galaxy: Science-Fiction & Fantasy forums
It's partly worrying, because science is slowly but surely catching up on some profound new theories I developed in 1997 - which are very firmly in "Emperor".
The analysis is the first to map the full extent of the nearby Sagittarius galaxy, showing how this galaxy, which is 10,000 times smaller in mass than our own, is being stretched out - torn apart and devoured by our Milky Way.
These large, infrared-bright stars act as tracers because they are populous in the Sagittarius galaxy but uncommon in the outer Milky Way.
www.chronicles-network.net /forum/showthread.php?t=706   (852 words)

  
 GALAXY Science Fiction: May 1969 - Galaxy (Sydney Van Scyoc; Richard Wilson; Keith Laumer; Larry Eisenberg; Terry Carr ...
GALAXY Science Fiction: May 1969 - Galaxy (Sydney Van Scyoc; Richard Wilson; Keith Laumer; Larry Eisenberg; Terry Carr and Alexei Panshin; Alice Laurance and William Carlson; Dean R. Koontz; Bruce McAllister)
GALAXY Science Fiction: May 1969 by Galaxy (Sydney Van Scyoc; Richard Wilson; Keith Laumer; Larry Eisenberg; Terry Carr and Alexei Panshin; Alice Laurance and William Carlson; Dean R. Koontz; Bruce McAllister)
IF Worlds of Science Fiction: May 1968 ("The Man in the Maze")
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 Williams Gallery West - Pulp Fiction - Galaxy Science Fiction
These magazines were collected at science fiction shows and antique shops in the 1980s and 1990s.
They are science fiction classics with beautiful cover art and early stories by famous science fiction authors Robert Heinlein, Philip K. Dick, Theodore Sturgeon, Frederik Pohl, Isaac Asimov, and many more!
These early pulp story anthologies are great inspiration for the budding science fiction author or artist.
www.galwest.com /pulp/sci_fi/galaxy.html   (266 words)

  
 Galaxy Online Debuts The Writer’s Corner - SFWA News Site
Galaxy Online has recently launched a new section showcasing both classic and new science-fiction stories.
Located within the Wired Galaxy division of the GalaxyOnline.com web site, the "The Writer’s Corner" features works of fiction, essays and discussions of the craft of writing penned by well-known science-fiction authors.
Galaxy TV offers online entertainment and education programming including Warped, the science-fiction sketch comedy series created exclusively for the Internet, and Fahrenheit 452: The Art Police, an original program described as "Men in Black meet Cops" starring Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager).
www.sfwa.org /news/gonline.htm   (336 words)

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