The Eleventh Galaxy Reader

Galaxy Reader #11

by Frederik Pohl

This is a collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by several authors. Stories include The Time Travelers by Burt Filer; The Sharing of the Flesh by Poul Anderson; Nightwings by Robert Silverberg; Among the Bad Baboons by Mack Reynolds; Behind the Sandrat Hoax by Christopher Anvil; One Station of the Way by Fritz Leiber; Sweet Dreams Melissa by Stephen Goldin; When I was Very Jung by Brian W. Aldiss; Jinn by Joseph Green; and Find the Face by Ross Rocklynne.

Genres: Science Fiction

254 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1969

About the author

Frederik George Pohl, Jr. was an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years. From about 1959 until 1969, Pohl edited Galaxy magazine and its sister magazine IF winning the Hugo for IF three years in a row. His writing also won him three Hugos and multiple Nebula Awards. He became a Nebula Grand Master in 1993.

Reviews

[Erik Graff · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've been keeping lists of books read since college. Regularly occurring during breaks from school are bursts of science fiction reading after months of more serious reading. Very little intelligence went into most of these book and author selections. Rather, I would pick up books from yard sales, junk stores and resale shops all through the year, accumulating piles to be read during these periods of freedom. Short story collections would generally be favored because at least some of the pieces within would likely be good. Novels by unknown or unremembered authors were much greater risks.

This was one such acquisition, about which I recall nothing in particular--probably read the whole thing in a sitting.