Galaxy Science Fiction, Vol. 4, No. 3, June 1952

by H.L. Gold (Editor)

Random Notes • essay by H. L. Gold
Gravy Planet (Part 1 of 3) • serial by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth
The Highest Mountain • shortstory by Bryce Walton
Orphans of the Void • novelette by Michael Shaara
Shipping Clerk • shortstory by William Morrison
The Hoaxters • novelette by Richard Wilson
The Luckiest Man in Denv • shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth [as by Simon Eisner ]

Genres: Science Fiction

164 pages, Unknown Binding

First published June 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

[Ira Therebel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was interesting to read a magazine that was published such a long time ago. But since it is a magazine and not a book don't forget that back then people used to read novels in magazines broken down into a few parts. This is the cane with the "gravy plant". It ended with a pretty good cliffhanger in this magazine. I guess I will get the book at some point.

The rest are sci fi short stories and columns on space.

The short stories are pretty good. All pretty different from each other. My favorite was Orphans of the Void about a planet with abandoned robots.

Columns were also good. I don't know much about science concerning space, if somebody does it would probably be more interesting to see the changes of what has been done since. The only thing I noticed is that back then people thought we have a bigger chance to find inhabited planets than they do now.