Star Pilot

SF Art of George Schilling

 Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, May 1977

Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, September 1977

If, May 1966

Worlds of Tomorrow, September 1965

 Galaxy Magazine, June 1965

Worlds of Tomorrow, May 1965

Galaxy Magazine, April 1965 

Worlds of Tomorrow, March 1965 

If, May 1965 

Fantastic Stories of Imagination, November 1964

Galaxy Magazine, October 1964 

Fantastic Stories of Imagination, October 1964

Galaxie, Jan 1965

Amazing Stories, November 1962

Amazing Stories, May 1962

 Fantastic Stories of Imagination, May 1962 

Galaxy 1965

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Frederik Pohl was the editor  in 1965. The February issue kicks off with the sole cover of an artist named Wright, illustrating   "Planet of Forgetting" by James H. Schmitz. Cordwainer Smith's  "On the Storm Planet"  ;The Man Who Killed Immortals , a novelette by J. T. McIntosh;  Fin's Funeral ,a  short story by Donald H. Menzel also appeared.  Algis Budrys did his book reviews.

George Schelling did the April cover, for the story  "War Against the Yukks " by Keith Laumer. Another goofy  name story was  "A Wobble in Wockii Futures"  by Gordon R. Dickson. Frederik Pohl reviewed a few nonfiction astronomy  books.

Another nice Schelling cover for June , illustrating  "One Face" , a  novelette by Larry Niven. Niven himself has stated this story is not in the "Known Space" series.  "Mindswap"  ,a  novella by Robert Sheckley and "Blue Fire" , a novelette by Robert Silverberg, also grace this issue.

"The Shipwrecked Hotel" , a  novelette by James Blish and Norman L. Knight gets the cover treatment by Grey Morrow in August's issue.  Frank Herbert gives us a version of "Destination:Void" called  :Do I Wake Or Dream?". The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick  is  reviewed by Algis Budrys

October's cover is by  John Pederson, Jr.    "The Age of the Pussyfoot  a three part   serial by Frederik Pohl begins. Willy Ley recalls the first 15 years of GALAXY . " Inside Man" • short story by former editor H. L. Gold. " Three to a Given Star"  by Cordwainer Smith and "Shall We Have a Little Talk?"•, a  novelette by Robert Sheckley, also are featured.

Pederson is back for the December 1965 issue with an interesting cover depicting "The Mercurymen , a  novelette by C. C. MacApp. "The Warriors of Light " by Robert Silverberg and "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman"   by Harlan Ellison are also featured.

Galaxy 1972

Galaxy only put out six issues in 1972, edited by Ejler Jakobsson.

 January's cover was by Jack Gaughan, illustrating Dark Inferno, a  serial by James White.  Rorqual Maru, a story in the very good Hive series by J.T.Bass also appeared. Book reviewer Theodore Sturgeon looked at several books by Keith Laumer, including one of my favorites, Dinosaur Beach. James Gunn offered a novelette entitled The Answer.

Gaughan gives us a kind of creepy view of Isaac Asimov on the cover of the march 1972 issue. The Asimov novel will be the major content for the next  issue as well. A couple of short stories by no one you ever heard of and Sturgeon's book reviews full the rest of the space this time.

The May issue continued Asimov's novel, cover by Gaughan.  Trouble with G.O.D. a novelette by David Gerrold was also printed. Otherwise, book reviews and a couple of shorties. I've always said that this was GALAXY'S limbo time...they spent a few years just being boring. 

 Gaughan illustrated the July issue, and we start Silverberg's Dying Inside, moving us finally into the last half of the 60s, literary wise. Farmer offers up a novella- Seventy Years of Decpop . David Gerrold has a novelette. 

September: The cover motif of a picture in a color field begins with Brian Boyle's generic illo.  Power Complex , a novelette by Joe Haldeman is featured. Silverberg's novel ends.

November brings another Boyle cover, this one for Frank Herbert's 3 part serial, Project 40.  This will see book form as Hellstrom's Hive . A. Bertram Chandler brings us a new Rimworld novelette. Galaxy is slowly waking to overtake Analog as the premier SF digest  (In my opinion, of course.)  The final transformation is still a long way off, when James Baen takes over the helm.

Classic SF Book Covers- CITY

Classic SF (as well as other genres of course ) gets reprinted many times over the years , in various formats. Here we start looking at some of the more interesting covers to classic works.


CITY by Clifford D. Simak was first published in book form in 1952 by Gnome Press. It had previously been printed in Campbell's Astounding Science Fiction   in May of 1944.

First edition, cover by Kelly Freas, 1952

British edition, 1954. Cover by C. King.

First paperback, 1954. Cover by Richard Powers

1958 ACE paperback with iconic Ed Valigursky cover

1961 SFBC edition, cover by John Griffiths

This 1965 British edition had lots of commentary by Simak.

Rather mundane 1965 Dutch edition

French, 1971

British paperback, 1971.  Eddie Jones' cover was obviously inspired by the 1958 ACE edition.

1973 ACE paperback, cover by Davis Meltzer

Another Dutch edition, cover by  Marion Crezée 1976

Gary Viskupic did the cover for this 1979 SFBC edition

1981 ACE

French, 1987

1982 hardcover, cover by Michael Budden

2003 French

2003 SFBC, cover by  Donato Giancola

2004 hardcover, illustration by  Douglas Klauba

2011 British trade paperback

Analog 1971

The last year of John Campbell's reign as editor produced some memorable entries.

JAN~The cover (by Freas) story was  "The Telzy Toy" by Schmitz, one of the better of the series. There was an interesting fact article about the lack of science in law enforcement. Dickson's massive "The Tactics of Mistake" finally ended.

FEB~ Freas cover for the start of the Lloyd Biggle, Jr. serial "The World Menders".  I always liked Freas' space ship scenes.  P. Schuyler Miller reviews include several of Arthur C. Clarke's older books... must have been recently reissued. Christopher Anvil and Jack Wodhams have short stories.

  

MAR~ Freas' portrait of a chair graced the March issue, for a novelette by   Katherine MacLean. The serial continued, as well as short stories by Stanley Schmidt and Christopher Anvil. P. Schuyler Miller reviewed Heinlein's "I Will Fear No Evil". I can't remember if he liked it or not.  The novel might be memorable as the first time one of the Big 4 of classic SF (RAH, Asimov, Clarke, and Bradbury) used the "F word". Might be the only time.

APR~~ Campbell lectures on ecological disaster, Biggle's serial ends. Cover by  Frank Kelly Freas. F. Paul Wilson story,

MAY~Campbell on the environment again. Another Freas spaceship cover. Gordon Dickson serial "The Outposter" starts.   James H. Schmitz offers another Telzey tale, and Jerry Pournelle has a story.

JUN~ One of the iconic Freas "Spaceship & Face" paintings  illustrate yet another Telzey story by James H. Schmitz. Hard to call this science fiction. Not much to James H. Schmitz  issue memorable. An Alan Dean Foster story, a review of "Ringworld".

JUL~ As he neared his end, Campbell seemed to have gone deep with the ecological doom theme. But it produced a nice cover by Freas.  A landmark article about the computer game "Spacewar" makes this issue interesting. More F. Paul Wilson.

AUG~ Yet more Telzey, this time a two parter.  G. Harry Stine has a science article.  John W. Campbell passed away about the time this issue hit the stands. Ben Bova took over officially the next year.

SEP~ Campbell had enough editorials filed to last at least thru the year, and this month's is once again on ecology. The first of three John Schoenherr covers for 1971 illustrate a story by F. Paul Wilson. John T. Phillifent has a story as well as   Jack Wodhams.

OCT~Nice John Schoenherr cover for a serial by John T. Phillifent. Campbell again on the environment.  

NOV~ Schoenherr cover. Conclusion of the Phillifent story. Stories by Glen Beaver and Rob Chilson.

DEC~Kelly Freas is back with the cover for Pournelle''s serial which will be published in book form as KING DAVID'S SPACESHIP. Pournelle also has a story under the pen name Wade Curtis.