Galaxy

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Horace L. Gold - essay by Frederik Pohl Gold on Galaxy - essay by H. L. Gold Coming Attraction - short story by Fritz Leiber To Serve Man - short story by Damon Knight Memoir (To Serve Man) - essay by Damon Knight Betelgeuse Bridge - short story by William Tenn From a Cave Deep in Stuyvesant Town — A Memoir of Galaxy's Most Creative Years - essay by William Tenn [as by Philip Klass] Cost of Living - short story by Robert Sheckley Memoir of Galaxy Magazine - essay by Robert Sheckley The Model of a Judge - short story by William Morrison Memoir (The Model of a Judge) - essay by William Morrison The Holes Around Mars - short story by Jerome Bixby Memoir (The Holes Around Mars) - essay by Jerome Bixby Horrer Howce - short story by Margaret St. Clair Memoir (Horrer Howce) - essay by Margaret St. Clair People Soup - short story by Alan Arkin Memoir (People Soup) - essay by Alan Arkin Something Bright - short story by Zenna Henderson The Lady Who Sailed the Soul - novelette by Genevieve Linebarger and Cordwainer Smith [as by Cordwainer Smith] The Deep Down Dragon - short story by Judith Merril Memoir (The Deep Down Dragon) - essay by Judith Merril Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night - novelette by Algis Budrys Memoir: Spilled Milk - essay by Algis Budrys The Place Where Chicago Was - novelette by Jim Harmon Memoir (The Place Where Chicago Was) - essay by Jim Harmon The Great Nebraska Sea - short story by Allan Danzig Memoir (The Great Nebraska Sea) - essay by Allan Danzig Oh, to Be a Blobel! - novelette by Philip K. Dick Memoir (Oh, To Be a Blobel!) - essay b…

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Frederik Pohl

26 November 1919 – 2 September 2013

Frederik Pohl, Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father held a number of jobs, and his family moved many times in his childhood before settling in Brooklyn when he was about seven. He attended Brooklyn Tech high school, but dropped out and took a job to help support his family. As a teen, he founded the New York science fiction writer's group The Futurians. His first publication, a poem, appeared in Amazing Stories in 1937, when he was 18 years old. In 1936, he joined the Young Communist League and became President of the Brooklyn branch, but he left it in 1939 after Stalin-Hitler pact. In 1939, at the age of 21, he was editor of both Super Science Stories and Astonishing Stories…

Martin H. Greenberg

1 March 1941 – 25 June 2011

Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. He was also a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel. Greenberg was also an expert in terrorism and the Middle East. He was a longtime friend, colleague and business partner of Isaac Asimov.