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Gideon Marcus

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in The United States

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https://galacticjourney.org

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, History

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Zenna Henderson, Cordwainer Smith

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Founder of Journey Press, an independent publisher focused on unusual and diverse speculative fiction, three time Hugo Finalist Gideon Marcus also runs the time machine project, Galactic Journey. He is a professional space historian, member of the American Astronautical Society's history committee.

In 2019, he edited Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963) a seminal anthology of some of the best works of science fiction’s Silver Age. His most recent works, Kitra and Sirena, comprise books one and two of a YA space adventure featuring themes of isolation, teamwork, and hope, and starring a queer protagonist of color.

Gideon lives in San Diego County with his writer/editor wife, Janice, and their polymath artist daughter, Lorelei…alon ...more

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	Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women (1958 to 1963): Yesterday's Luminaries Introduced by Today's Rising Stars by Gideon Marcus (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Janice Marcus (Contributor), Katherine Ann MacLean (Contributor) 4.10 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitra (The Kitra Saga #1) 3.96 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales From Alternate Earths 2 by Daniel M. Bensen (Goodreads Author), Brent A. Harris (Goodreads Author), Rob Edwards (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eighth Key by Laura Weyr (Goodreads Author), Gideon Marcus (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.91 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rediscovery, Volume 2: Science Fiction by Women (1953-1957) by Gideon Marcus (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lisa Yazek, Janice L. Newman (Editor) 4.28 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sirena (The Kitra Saga #2) 4.64 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Want the Stars by Tom Purdom, Gideon Marcus (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1964 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hyvilma (The Kitra Saga #3) 4.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rediscovery, Volume 3: Science Fiction by Women (1964-1968) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Majera (The Kitra Saga Book 4) by Gideon Marcus (Goodreads Author), Lorelei Esther (Illustrator) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Gideon Marcus liked Ed Erwin's review of Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women (1958 to 1963): Yesterday's Luminaries Introduced by Today's Rising Stars: "There are some very interesting stories in here. I was particularly taken with the two by Rosel George Brown, one of which involved human explorers tragically misunderstanding an alien culture. The final story by Pauline Ashwell, a novelette really, " Read more of this review »
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Gideon Marcus liked Jen's review of Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women (1958 to 1963): Yesterday's Luminaries Introduced by Today's Rising Stars: "Interesting read. Some stories are painfully dated and others feel like they could have been written today. The introductions to each story, those were just trying to hard."
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Gideon Marcus liked Jaydub's review of Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women (1958 to 1963): Yesterday's Luminaries Introduced by Today's Rising Stars: "Hit or miss depending on the short story. Glad I read it--I have a few authors to further seek out. A great point to (re)discover women sci-fi authors."
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Gideon Marcus liked Dave Hook's review of Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women (1958 to 1963): Yesterday's Luminaries Introduced by Today's Rising Stars: "I loved Volume 2 (1953-1957) first. This lead me to read “Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963)” (Volume 1), Gideon Marcus managing editor, 2019 Journey Press, which I loved just as much for the great stories by authors I knew and did not" Read more of this review »
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Gideon Marcus made a comment on Eekind’s review of Kitra (The Kitra Saga #1) " This is one of my favorite reviews of Kitra. You make some interesting points. You might find some resolution to your issues as you go on in the serie ...more "
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“The principal difference between ups and downs is where you are.” And she had this silky hair and those hazy eyes, and quiet asleep-looking”
― Gideon Marcus, Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women

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