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Galaxy Science Fiction

Country: US
Total Issues: 253+1+8+1=263 (as at Oct-2024)

The exact title became a bit vague after Universal bought it. The final issue had no newsstand distribution, nor was it sent to all subscribers.

All issues from Oct 1977 through May 1978 exist in two versions. Subscription copies have dates given on the covers and spines, newsstand copies have the volume and number. The last issues were revivals as semi-professional magazines.

Title sometimes changed to Galaxy Magazine or simply Galaxy but there was no consistency or pattern to this. Magazine continued for a while as an e-zine.

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1950 – Sep/Oct-1979:

Science Fiction Index

Jul-1980:

Science Fiction Index

Jan/Feb-1994 – Mar/Apr-1995:

Science Fiction Index

Aug-2024 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after Aug-2024)

Website: galaxysf.com

Publishers

  Oct-1950 – Sep-1951: World Editions, NY
  Oct-1951 – Jun-1969: Galaxy Publishing, NY
  Jul-1969 – Sep/Oct-1979: Universal Publishing
  Jul-1980: Ave Victor Hugo
  Jan/Feb-1994 – Mar/Apr-1995: Institute for the Development of the Harmonious Human Being, Inc.; Penn Valley, CA,
  Aug-2024 – present: Starship Sloane Publishing Company, Inc.

Editors

  Oct-1950 – Oct-1961: Horace L. Gold
  Dec-1961 – Jun-1969: Frederik Pohl
  Jul-1969 – May-1974: Ejler Jakobsson
  Jun-1974 – Oct-1977: James Baen
  Nov-1977 – Mar/Apr-1979: John J. Pierce
  Jun/Jul-1979 – Sep/Oct-1979: Hank Stine
  Jul-1980: Floyd Kemske
  Jan/Feb-1994 – Mar/Apr-1995: E.J. Gold
  Aug-2024 – present: Justin T. O'Conor Sloane

Formats

digest all issues till Sep/Oct 1979; then large flat

Frequency

  Oct-1950 – Dec-1958: monthly
  Feb-1959 – Apr-1968: bimonthly
  Jun-1968 – Jul-1970: monthly
  Aug/Sep-1970 – Oct/Nov-1970: bimonthly
  Dec-1970 – Jun-1978: erratic but primarily monthly
  Sep-1978 – Sep/Oct-1979: bimonthly.
  Jul-1980: monthly
  Jan/Feb-1994 – Mar/Apr-1995: bimonthly

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia

Mentioned in: Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Galaxy Science Fiction Novels

Country: US
Total Issues: 46

Issues & Index Sources

#1, 1950 – #46, 1961:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

1950 – 1951: World Editions, Inc., New York
1952 – 1961: Galaxy Publishing Corp., New York

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Galaxy Science Fiction (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 94+5+11+26=136

British reprint edition of Galaxy Science Fiction.

Issues & Index Sources

Jan-1953 – Nov-1958:

Science Fiction Index

Dec-1958 – Jan-1960, as Galaxy (UK):

Science Fiction Index

Mar-1960 – Oct-1962, as Galaxy Magazine (UK):

Science Fiction Index

Jan/Feb-1967 – Sep/Oct-1967, as Galaxy Magazine (UK):

Science Fiction Index

Sep-1969 – Nov-1969, as Galaxy Magazine (UK):

Science Fiction Index

Dec-1969 – Aug-1970, as Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine (UK):

Science Fiction Index

May/Jun-1972 – Feb-1975, as Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine (UK):

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

  Jan-1953 – Aug-1953: Thorpe & Porter Ltd.
  Sep-1960 – Oct-1962: Strato Publications Ltd.
  Jan/Feb-1967 – Sep/Oct-1967: Gold Star Publications Ltd., 42-44 Dock Street, London, E1
  Sep-1969 – Aug-1970: Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd., 14 Gloucester Road, London SW7
  May/Jun-1972 – Feb-1975: Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd., 14 Gloucester Road, London SW7



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Galaxy's Edge

Country: US
Total Issues: 63

Online SF magazine, also available as a paperback.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-2013 – May-2023:

Science Fiction Index

Website:   www.galaxysedge.com
Publishers:   Phoenix Pick
Editors:   Mike Resnick; Lezli Robyn
Formats:   online, paperback
Prices:   $6.99
Frequency:   bimonthly



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Galileo

Country: US
Total Issues: 15

Semi-professional magazine. Galileo achieved its large circulation almost entirely by subscription. Only issues 13 to 16 had conventional newsstand distribution. The seventeenth issue was fully prepared but only the covers were actually printed. Photocopies of the press proofs are known to exist.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1976 – #16, 1980:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Avenue Victor Hugo, Boston
Editors:   Charles C. Ryan
Formats:   large format
Prices:   $1.50 (rising to $1.95)
Pagecounts:   96pp (pagination varied)
Frequency:   strove to be bimonthly
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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The Galleon

Country: US
Total Issues: 6

A local literary magazine, subtitled "A Journal of Literary Achievement", published by the Galleon Writers' Guild, including the first appearance of "The Quest of Iranon" by H.P. Lovecraft.

Issues & Index Sources: Nov-1934 – 1935

Publishers: Galleon Writers' Guild, Reading, Pennsylvania
Editors: Lloyd A. Eshbach & H.D. Spatz

Gallery

Country: US
Total Issues: 500

Men's magazine; spawned sf/supernatural companions Rod Serling's Twilight Zone Magazine and Night Cry. Has published much sf/fantasy including work by Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, William F. Nolan.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1972 – Nov-2015:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

  Nov-1972 – Jan-1974: Gallery Enterprises, 936 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
  Mar-1974 – Aug-1975?: Brookbridge Publishing Corp.
  Sep-1975? – Mar-2008: Montcalm Publishing
  Jul-2008 – Nov-2015: Magna Publishing Group

Editors

Lesley Dorman (in 1974)

Formats

slick

Frequency

monthly

Related Sites

Wikipedia



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Gallimaufry

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources: Summer 1973 – ?

Publishers: Arlington, Virginia

Galumph

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Parody of an SF magazine. Only issue was numbered Vol. 10 No. 1, with about half of the material written by co-editor John Boonstra.

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1973:

FictionMags Index

Publishers: Montclair State, NJ
Editors: John Boonstra & Charles E. Ward

Gambit

see under Stellar

Game Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Formerly Sportsman's Digest; mainly a sporting magazine but did publish some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1932 – Apr-1932:

FictionMags Index

Publishers:   Game Stories Publishing Company, 22 East 12th St., Cincinnati, Ohio
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   20c
Pagecounts:   60pp

Gamma

Country: US
Total Issues: 5

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1963 – #5, 1965: Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Star Press, North Hollywood
Editors:   William F. Nolan to #3, then Charles E. Fritch & Jack Matcha
Formats:   digest
Prices:   50c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   irregular
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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The Gammadion

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1920s: FictionMags Index (partial issue only)

Publishers:   The Gammadion, Birmingham, Alabama
Editors:   Mary Chilton Cornelius

Gamut Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 12+10=22 (as at Oct-2024)

An online magazine of neo-noir, horror, speculative fiction, dark poetry and non-fiction with a literary bent, which also publishes monthly ebook versions.

Issues & Index Sources

Jan-2017 – Dec-2017:

Science Fiction Index

Jan-2024 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after Oct-2024)

Website: www.houseofgamut.com/magazine-archive

Editors

Richard Thomas

Formats

ebook

Prices

$3.99



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Gangland Detective Stories

see under Ten Story Gang

Gangland-Racketeer Stories

Mike Cook in MYSTERY, DETECTIVE, AND ESPIONAGE MAGAZINES lists this as a Blue Band magazine in the 1930s, but this is probably a confusion for the merger of {Gangland Stories} and {Racketeer Stories}.

Gangland Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 14+3=17

Merged with Racketeer Stories in May 1932, with corresponding change in title, but numbering continued from Gangland Stories.

Issues & Index Sources

Jun/Jul-1930 – Mar/Apr-1932:

Crime Fiction Index

May-1932 – Jul-1932, as Racketeer and Gangland Stories:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers

Good-Story Magazine Co., last three issues as Blue Band Publishing.

Editors

Harold Hersey

Formats

standard pulp

Frequency

mostly bimonthly, but monthly Oct-1930 - Mar-1931 and May-1932 - Jul-1932.

Mentioned in: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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The Gang Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 3

One of the innumerable magazines introduced to capitalise on the reading public's fascination with gangsters and gun molls, The Gang Magazine was less successful than most and lasted a mere three issues.

Authors include Paul Ernst, Anatole France, Steve Fisher.

Issues & Index Sources: May-1935 – Sep-1935:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers:   Lincoln Hoffman, NY
Editors:   Jack Phillips
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   15c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines


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Gang Shorts

Country: UK
Total Issues: 4

Small pamphlet magazines issued toward the end of the Second World War when paper rationing was at its height.

Issues & Index Sources: Apr-1944 – Jul-1946:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: #2)

Publishers:   Gerald G. Swan
Editors:   Gerald Swan
Formats:   large digest
Prices:   7d
Pagecounts:   36pp
Frequency:   irregular
Mentioned in:   Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines


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