"Aristocrat of Science Fiction"

February 28, 2016 6:39 AM

"That's what Life Magazine calls GALAXY!" The Internet Archive presents the complete run of classic sf magazine Galaxy, from 1950 to 1980.

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posted by doctornemo (10 comments total)

Time to look up all the stories Ken Cosgrove wrote under pseudonyms.
posted by Artw at 6:52 AM on February 28, 2016 [5 favorites]

LOL, good luck on that, clicking slowly through the page turning scans.

This might be a good test of new OCR software as a good selection of the best stories probably have carefully corrected versions available.
posted by sammyo at 7:01 AM on February 28, 2016

Also previously: If.
posted by languagehat at 7:14 AM on February 28, 2016 [4 favorites]

What's the most efficient way to browse these? Is there a trick? The interface seems kind of clunky.
posted by wittgenstein at 7:57 AM on February 28, 2016

Woo-hoo! Between this and If, I'm feeling very pulp rich.

Also spotted an editorial from FDR of all people in...I think it was a True Detective magazine from 1930.
posted by merelyglib at 9:33 AM on February 28, 2016

LOL, good luck on that, clicking slowly through the page turning scans.

There are variety of formats available for download, including Kindle, epub and PDF.
posted by cedar at 12:14 PM on February 28, 2016 [2 favorites]

Boy, does this bring back memories. I'll never forget when I had saved up enough to pay for a subscription to Galaxy mag. Must have been about 1955. Galaxy was cutting edge, the best of the best. I'm so happy to have this resource.
posted by charlesminus at 4:09 PM on February 28, 2016 [2 favorites]

Holy hell this is amazing.
posted by Palindromedary at 6:09 PM on February 28, 2016

I feel stupid asking this but there's no way to download a torrent or other of a collection? I have to download them one a time?
posted by stevil at 7:09 PM on February 28, 2016

Way in the back of my mind, I've wanted to read Theodore Sturgeon's review column (which ran from '72-'75.)
posted by Zed at 3:45 PM on March 1, 2016