Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, December 1966

by Frederik Pohl (Editor), Poul Anderson (Contributor), Hayden Howard (Contributor)

Contains:
Door to Anywhere - Poul Anderson
The Modern Penitentiary - Hayden Howard
Children in Hiding - John Brunner

Genres: Science Fiction

196 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

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

[Kevin Phyland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Senator Camacho has come to Mars to investigate the disappearance of his brother-in-law while using a transmat door - a matter transmitter. Camacho is also leading a push to ban the doors on Earth, through an abundance of caution about possible disasters. In “Door To Anywhere” Poul Anderson takes us by transmat to the edge of the Universe to solve the problem. Another Esk story from Hayden Howard, where Dr, Joe West has been incarcerated in “The Modern Penitentiary" after his failed attempt to sterilize the fecund Esks. A very protective nurse however, manages to provide some physical comfort to Joe until he is found in a hibernatory state. John Brunner supplies a short ‘tomato surprise’ tale of a colony where all the people born on the planet seem to be mindless cretins in “Children In Hiding”. Larry Niven follows on from his How The Heroes Die, with a smuggler fleeing to Mars where he discovers Martians, in “At The Bottom Of A Hole”, while Robin Scott brings an end to the Cold War with an unusual subterfuge in “Decoy System”. Jack Vance continues with the tale of Kirth Gersen who is seeking vengeance on Viole Falushe, one of the five demon princes, and has tracked him to “the Palace Of Love” on Fool’s World. R. A. Lafferty gives us a whimsical un-story with “Primary Education Of The Camiroi”.