Galaxy Science Fiction 1969 January, Vol. 27, No. 6

by Frederik Pohl (Editor)

Series:Galaxy magazine (Jan. 1969)

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Three novellettes and two short stories by three famous names in SF. The other tow don't quite have the same stature and nowadays aren't so well known. But any collection featuring Ben Bova, Larry Niven, James Tiptree (still refered to as he) can't be bad, and it isn't.

This isn't the best Ben Bova story I've ever read, a bit predictable towards the end. But an intriguing enough setup - looking at the frist exoplanets and an exploration towards them. Very humanoid life is found, but it can't be human can it? It must be the result of an ancient war between us and some aliens, traces of whom were found on Jupiter's moons. Trite, especially the women.

Niven and Tiptree produce two very good stories, well worth reading. Niven's "The show more organleggers" is a crime story involving a Belter (cf Cherryh) and what is now a (false) internet meme regarding replacing your organs on the black market. Really well done story, with a clever ending.

Tiptree's "Parimeutel Planet" is a very different, light hearted tle involving the remains of humanity and their attempts to uphold humanity's honour in galactic society by providing absolutely impartial race stewards to the alien creature races. Good fun.

Surprisingly enjoyable for a pot-luck selection. With added bonus of 60s advertising, and cheesy line drawings that have little incommon with the plot. show less

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Frederik Pohl

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Frederik Pohl was born in New York City on November 26, 1919. More interested in writing than in school, he dropped out of high school in his senior year and took a job with a publishing company. After serving as a public relations officer in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945, he returned to publishing as copywriter for Popular Science, a show more literary agent for several sci-fi writers, and the editor for the magazines Galaxy and If from 1959 until 1969, with If winning three successive Hugo awards. His first published work, a poem entitled Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna, was printed in Amazing Stories magazine in 1937 under the pen name Elton Andrews. His first science fiction novels were published in the mid 1960's, some written in collaboration with other writers, others created alone. During his lifetime, he won over 16 major awards for his writing (much of which was published pseudonymously) including six Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. His works include Gateway, which won the Campbell Memorial, Hugo, Locus SF, and Nebula Awards, Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, and Jem, which won the National Book Award in 1979. He also embraced blogging in his later years, using his online journal as an ongoing sequel to his autobiography, The Way the Future Was. He died on September 2, 2013 at the age 93. (Bowker Author Biography) show less