Galileo (magazine)
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 Galileo first issue (1976) | |
| Editor | Charles C. Ryan |
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| Categories | Science fact & science fiction |
| Frequency | Quarterly (issues #1-3); bimonthly (issues #4–16) |
| Format | Magazine |
| Publisher | Vincent McCaffrey |
| Total circulation (July 1978) | 50,000 |
| Founder | Vincent McCaffrey |
| Founded | 1976 |
| First issue | September 1976 |
| Final issue Number | January 1980 16 |
| Company | Avenue Victor Hugo Publishers (issues #1-6 ) Galileo Magazine, Inc. (issues #7-17) |
| Country | U.S. |
| Based in | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Language | English |
Galileo Magazine of Science & Fiction was an American science and science fiction magazine published out of Boston, Massachusetts.[1]
Publication history
[edit]The first issue was released in September 1976.[1][2] Issue #5 was published in October 1977. It then changed to a bimonthly publishing schedule beginning with issue #6 published in January 1978. The last issue published was issue #16 in January 1980.[1] Issue #17 was planned, but the magazine folded and only the covers for #17 were printed.
Contributors
[edit]Larry Niven's The Ringworld Engineers was serialized in #13–#16. Other contributors include:
- Brian Aldiss
- Ray Bradbury
- Damien Broderick
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Harlan Ellison
- Joe Haldeman
- Frank Herbert
- Robert Silverberg
- Joan D. Vinge
- Jack Williamson
- Larry Blamire - Illustrator
Issues
[edit]- Issue #1 1976 (quarterly)
- Issue #2 1976 (quarterly)
- Issue #3 1977 (quarterly)
- Issue #4 July 1977 (quarterly)
- Issue #5 October 1977 (quarterly)
- Issue #6 January 1978 (bimonthly)
- Issue #7 March 1978 (bimonthly)
- Issue #8 May 1978 (bimonthly)
- Issue #9 July 1978 (bimonthly)
- Issue #10 September 1978 (bimonthly)
- Issue #11 & 12 double issue June 1979 (bimonthly)
- Issue #13 July 1979 (bimonthly)
- Issue #14 September 1979 (bimonthly)
- Issue #15 November 1979 (bimonthly)
- Issue #16 January 1980 (bimonthly)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Galileo". SF Encyclopedia. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ Michael Ashley (1 January 2007). Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980. Liverpool University Press. p. 309. ISBN 978-1-84631-003-4. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
External links
[edit]- Galileo at the Science Fiction Encyclopedia