Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction

Galaxy Reader #1

by H.L. Gold

The Stars Are the Styx • (1950) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
Third from the Sun • (1950) • short story by Richard Matheson
The Last Martian • (1950) • short story by Fredric Brown
Honeymoon in Hell • (1950) • novelette by Fredric Brown
Coming Attraction • (1950) • short story by Fritz Leiber
Jaywalker • (1950) • short story by Ross Rocklynne
The Waker Dreams • (1950) • short story by Richard Matheson
Rule of Three • (1951) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
Made to Measure • (1951) • novelette by William Campbell Gault [as by William C. Gault ]
The Reluctant Heroes • (1951) • novelette by Frank M. Robinson
Susceptibility • (1951) • short story by John D. MacDonald
Second Childhood • (1951) • short story by Clifford D. Simak
The Other Now • (1951) • short story by Murray Leinster
Good Night, Mr. James • (1951) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
Inside Earth • (1951) • novelette by Poul Anderson
I, the Unspeakable • (1951) • novelette by Walt Sheldon
Field Study • (1951) • short story by Peter Phillips (1920-)
Hostess • (1951) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
Ask Me Anything • (1951) • novelette by Damon Knight
Man of Destiny • (1951) • short story by John Christopher
Don't Live in the Past • (1951) • novelette by Damon Knight
Venus Is a Man's World • (1951) • novelette by William Tenn
Common Denominator • (1951) • short story by John D. MacDonald
Syndrome Johnny • (1951) • short story by Katherine MacLean [as by Charles Dye ]
Beyond Bedlam • (1951) • novella by Wyman Guin
The Pilot and the Bushman • (1951) • novelette by Sylvia Jacobs
A Little Journey • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
If You Was a Moklin • (1951) • novelette by Murray Leinster
Cabin Boy • (1951) • novelette by Damon Knight
The Biography Project • (1951) • short story by H. L. Gold [as by Dudley Dell ]
Judas Ram • (1950) • short story by Sam Merwin, Jr.
Betelgeuse Bridge • (1951) • short story by William Tenn
Dark Interlude • (1951) • short story by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds The Stars Are the Styx • (1950) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
Third from the Sun • (1950) • short story by Richard Matheson
The Last Martian • (1950) • short story by Fredric Brown
Honeymoon in Hell • (1950) • novelette by Fredric Brown
Coming Attraction • (1950) • short story by Fritz Leiber
Jaywalker • (1950) • short story by Ross Rocklynne
The Waker Dreams • (1950) • short story by Richard Matheson
Rule of Three • (1951) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
Made to Measure • (1951) • novelette by William Campbell Gault [as by William C. Gault ]
The Reluctant Heroes • (1951) • novelette by Frank M. Robinson
Susceptibility • (1951) • short story by John D. MacDonald
Second Childhood • (1951) • short story by Clifford D. Simak
The Other Now • (1951) • short story by Murray Leinster
Good Night, Mr. James • (1951) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
Inside Earth • (1951) • novelette by Poul Anderson
I, the Unspeakable • (1951) • novelette by Walt Sheldon
Field Study • (1951) • short story by Peter Phillips (1920-)
Hostess • (1951) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
Ask Me Anything • (1951) • novelette by Damon Knight
Man of Destiny • (1951) • short story by John Christopher
Don't Live in the Past • (1951) • novelette by Damon Knight
Venus Is a Man's World • (1951) • novelette by William Tenn
Common Denominator • (1951) • short story by John D. MacDonald
Syndrome Johnny • (1951) • short story by Katherine MacLean [as by Charles Dye ]
Beyond Bedlam • (1951) • novella by Wyman Guin
The Pilot and the Bushman • (1951) • novelette by Sylvia Jacobs
A Little Journey • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
If You Was a Moklin • (1951) • novelette by Murray Leinster
Cabin Boy • (1951) • novelette by Damon Knight
The Biography Project • (1951) • short story by H. L. Gold [as by Dudley Dell ]
Judas Ram • (1950) • short story by Sam Merwin, Jr.
Betelgeuse Bridge • (1951) • short story by William Tenn
Dark Interlude • (1951) • short story by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds

Genres: Science Fiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1952

About the author

Horace Leonard Gold was a science fiction writer and editor most noted for bringing an innovative and fresh approach to science fiction while he was the editor of Galaxy Science Fiction, and also wrote briefly for DC Comics. Born in Canada, Gold moved to the United States at the age of two. He also published under the pseudonyms Clyde Crane Campbell, Dudley Dell, Christopher Grimm, and Leigh Keith.

Reviews

[Jim Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

If I was reviewing this in 1952 I would have to give it 5 stars. These stories still hold up very well today. It's interesting that H. L. Gold, in collecting these stories in 1951, had a great eye for who were the best authors of the time and for quite some time after. We know today how good Sturgeon, Fredric, Brown, Fritz Leiber, Bradbury, William Tenn, Asimov, Poul Anderson, Damon Knight, Clifford Simak and Leinster were to SF in the 50's and 60's and often later but Gold recognized it then. These stories were pretty much the cream of the crop at the end of 1951. Gold had created a SF magazine in Galaxy that moved away from the pulp SF style of the 40's and towards a more literary type of story that included more sociology, psychology and satire and less BEM's, space heroes, frenetic action and pseudoscientific gadgets.

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great old stories.