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Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction

H. L. Gold

First published 1952
Publisher Crown Publishers
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Richard Arbib
Pages x+566
Price $3.50

Notes

  • Price from Tuck.
  • Cover is a cropped version of the cover from Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1951
  • Previous LCCNs 52005675 and 86025170 are now listed as invalid for this book as of 2019-05-04.
  • Printing statement: No statement of printing.
  • Published February 1952 per Cole Checklist.
  • Catalog of Copyright Number A00000064832 puts the publication date at 1952-02-28.
  • Copyright renewed on 1980-12-08 (Catalog of Copyright Number RE0000072036).
  • Each section of the book is preceded by a one page essay that is titled yet uncredited on that page. These are credited to H.L. Gold as the editor of the book.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction Cover 1953 Grayson & Grayson Hardcover Anthology vi+255

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 It Happened Tomorrow H. L. Gold Essay
3 Honeymoon in Hell Fredric Brown Novelette
30 Coming Attraction Fritz Leiber Short Story
40 Rule of Three Theodore Sturgeon Novelette
69 Third from the Sun Richard Matheson Short Story
75 The Last Martian Fredric Brown Short Story
83 Sooner Than You Think H. L. Gold Essay
84 Jaywalker Ross Rocklynne Short Story
95 The Reluctant Heroes Frank M. Robinson Novelette
110 A Little Journey Ray Bradbury Short Story
115 Venus Is a Man's World William Tenn Novelette
133 The Worlds We Made H. L. Gold Essay
134 Beyond Bedlam Wyman Guin Novella
178 The Stars Are the Styx Theodore Sturgeon Novelette
210 Inside Earth Poul Anderson Novelette
245 I, the Unspeakable Walt Sheldon Novelette
271 Aren't You an Extraterrestrial H. L. Gold Essay
272 The Pilot and the Bushman Sylvia Jacobs Novelette
291 Judas Ram Sam Merwin Short Story
305 Hostess Isaac Asimov Novelette
337 Betelgeuse Bridge William Tenn Short Story
350 Cabin Boy Damon Knight Novelette
371 Field Study Peter Phillips Short Story
387 Let's Build Somebody H. L. Gold Essay
388 Good Night, Mr. James Clifford D. Simak Short Story
403 Syndrome Johnny Charles Dye Short Story
414 Made to Measure William Campbell Gault Novelette
431 Not Around the Corner H. L. Gold Essay
432 Ask Me Anything Damon Knight Novelette
453 If You Was a Moklin Murray Leinster Novelette
469 Man of Destiny John Christopher Short Story
475 Susceptibility John D. MacDonald Short Story
485 The End of History and Beyond H. L. Gold Essay
486 The Waker Dreams Richard Matheson Short Story
497 Common Denominator John D. MacDonald Short Story
504 Second Childhood Clifford D. Simak Short Story
519 About Time H. L. Gold Essay
520 Don't Live in the Past Damon Knight Novelette
549 The Biography Project Dudley Dell Short Story
551 Dark Interlude Fredric Brown & Mack Reynolds Short Story
557 The Other Now Murray Leinster Short Story
v Personal Account H. L. Gold Essay