Galaxy's Edge Magazine Issue 1, March 2013

by Mike Resnick (Editor), Kij Johnson, Nick DiChario

Galaxy's Edge, our brand new online magazine edited by the indomitable Mike Resnick. This issue has five new stories written for the magazine, four reprints of older stories, columns by Barry Malzberg and Horace Cocroft, book reviews by Paul Cook and the start (serialization) of a great classic work ... Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye.

Genres: Science Fiction, Unfinished

110 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 26, 2013

About the author

Michael "Mike" Diamond Resnick, better known by his published name Mike Resnick, was a popular and prolific American science fiction author. He is, according to Locus, the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short science fiction. He was the winner of five Hugos, a Nebula, and other major awards in the United States, France, Spain, Japan, Croatia and Poland. and has been short-listed for major awards in England, Italy and Australia. He was the author of 68 novels, over 250 stories, and 2 screenplays, and was the editor of 41 anthologies. His work has been translated into 25 languages. He was the Guest of Honor at the 2012 Worldcon and can be found online as @ResnickMike on Twitter or at www.mikeresnick.com.

Reviews

[Lostaccount · Rating 3 out of 5]

A friend sent me a copy of this to read and I was pleasantly surprised with it. Most online mags are a bit naff but this was decent enough. I didn't like the writing in Requiem for a Druid, seemed a bit flat and cold; and felt the same about Think Like a Dinosaur, which was full of confusing prose. The first story about a crew traveling in cryogenic chambers to Tau Ceti to colonise a planet only to discover the planet has already been colonised was okay but not my cup of tea. Best stories for me were the ones that were not so heavy on the hard scifi, more philosophical or fantasy/scifi, like Just a Second about a guy who discovers a time-potion in a curio shop and keeps returning for more, and Act of God which was about the invention of a micro universe, like our own, small enough to fit in a garage!

[Les · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good first issue of what will hopefully be a long lasting magazine to go along with the other excellent publications in this field.
There's a good mixture of stories in here, my particular favorite being THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS by Robert J Sawyer. Other stories of note are REQUIEM FOR A DRUID by Alex Shvartsman, a supernatural type story that I quite liked (unusual for me as I'm not usually into this sort of thing), and JUST A SECOND by Lou J. Berger is a great little tale about a fellow who eventually get what's coming to him.
Also the first five chapters of DARK UNIVERSE by Daniel Galouye got my attention and this looks like it should be an interesting and exciting story. It is very successful in full length novel form.
Mike Resnick's editorial about the early pioneering days of the science fiction magazines is interesting an informative.
All in all there was enough for me to go on and order Issue 2 which I am eagerly awaiting.

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Help me read more books

A decent collection of stories, plus a novel serialized with the first 5 chapters in this issue. I've never read that novel before, so this should be good. I know they're up beyond issue 60 now, but issue #42 is the only one I've finished up to this point, so I figured starting from the beginning was the way to go.
So far, I like it.

[Julian]

Discovered this magazine on Facebook, and finally gave it a try with volume one. Looking forward to some imaginative science fiction.

Story #1 - The Shoulders of Giants by Robert J. Sawyer
The story of a colonist crew in the 24th century heading toward Tau Ceti, the new home of humanity. Only when they arrive after a 1,200 year journey in cryosleep, they find that while they were asleep, humanity build faster ships and arrived centuries earlier. Major bummer. So the captains argue for a new, faster ship, and continue exploring the galaxy in search of adventure.

Really enjoyed this one for the simple fact that nothing bad happened to anyone. No one died, no ships blew up, no alien race killed anyone. The heart of the story was the thrill of exploration. I appreciated that Sawyer kept the story focused. It worked very well as a nice uplifting story. See, not everything needs to have death and destruction.

[Blaze · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very fine collection of science-fiction stories! Being a fan of the old sci-fi magazines of the 40's and 50's, finding this one was a real treat. Exactly what I had been looking for to be honest. The short-stories are more or less all of great quality. There are a couple of brilliant ones, a couple of weird ones and one or two that manage to combine both. The stories that stood out for me were "Just a Second", a modern-day Faust with a cool twist and "Act of God", a tale about a scientist creating a microverse. The premiere part of Daniel F Galouye's "Dark Universe", first published in the 60's, fits perfectly with its theme of Darkness and Light.

All the stories in this first issue have been compiled with great care and attention and should appeal to any science-fiction reader. There is variety and above all, good storytelling. I can almost guarantee that you'll find one or two hidden gems.

[Fantasy Literature]

Galaxy’s Edge Magazine is a new bimonthly publication appearing in both paper and electronic forms. The March 2013 issue is the first, and I purchased a copy of the electronic version as soon as it came to my attention. However, compared to Asimov’s, Clarkesworld, and F&SF Read More:
http://www.fantasyliterature.com/maga...

[Shawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great first issue. Stand out stories include (The Shoulder of Giants, Creator of the Cosmos Job Interview Day, Just a Second, Requiem for a Druid, The Birght Seas of Venus, and Think Like a Dinosaur).

Think Im going to be looking forward to new issues for this one more than others.

[Lou Berger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great mixture of reprints and new stories!

Edited by Mike Resnick and includes my first pro SF story "Just A Second"!

[Morbus Iff · Rating 4 out of 5]

The editorial's history was worth the price alone, but some quite enjoyable stories within.