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Galaxy Science Fiction #264
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DEAR SCIENCEFICTIONAUTS:
Starship Sloane Publishing is pleased to present the newest issue of Galaxy magazine!
Weighing in at 198 pages of science fiction spectacularity and sporting cover art by Marianne Plumridge, Galaxy Science Fiction #264 is the biggest issue ever published in the magazine’s history!
Blending a deep appreciation for classic science fiction with its new horizons, this issue is brimming with stories, interviews and art from luminaries of SF and the fresh talent that is now defining the global SF landscape. We think you’ll agree that issue #264 is pure gold from cover to cover: check it out and strike it rich like a science fiction 49er!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FROM THE EDITORS:
Justin T. O’Conor Sloane, Editor-in-Chief
Jean-Paul L. Garnier, Deputy EIC
COSMOGRAPY CENTRAL:
“A Three-Dimensional Chessboard Universe,” Dr. Daniel Pomarède, Science Editor
THE SF EXCERPT MACHINE:
from Burning Man: Book 2 of the Time Ranger Series, K. Pimpinella
from The Man Without a Planet, David Gerrold
ART:
Broken Sky, Marianne Plumridge Front cover
Batmacumba Etoile, Paulo Sayeg
Litho, Paulo Sayeg
Power, Paulo Sayeg
Electric Radiance, Paulo Sayeg
Touro, Paulo Sayeg
Eagle X, Paulo Sayeg
Space #2, Louis Blue Cloud
Winged, Paulo Sayeg
Space #3, Louis Blue Cloud
Afinal, Paulo Sayeg
Omulu, Paulo Sayeg
Illustração Livro Vampiros, Paulo Sayeg
Caete, Paulo Sayeg
Blue Rift, Louis Blue Cloud
Buchos, Paulo Sayeg
Oceans of Mars, Richard Grieco
Intro, Ronan Cahill
Space #1, Louis Blue Cloud
Netuno, Paulo Sayeg
Tango, Paulo Sayeg
Medusa, Paulo Sayeg
Psychedelic Self-Portrait, Louis Blue Cloud
SP, Paulo Sayeg
They’re Always Watching Me, No. 17, Dave Vescio
Baixinho Violento e Armada, Paulo Sayeg
Nau, Paulo Sayeg
Xangô, Paulo Sayeg
Anonymous A-99, Paulo Sayeg
Chrysalis, Nigel Suckling
Jolly Little Goat Man, Paulo Sayeg
Astral, Paulo Sayeg Back cover
FICTION:
“43 Seconds,” K. Pimpinella
“Restoration,” Eliane Boey
“Changing,” Grant Carrington
“The Iron Star,” Robert Silverberg
“Joseph, Comforting,” Dave Creek
“Misplaced Children,” John Shirley
“Senseless,” Michael Butterworth
“YesterNowMorrow and Other Myths,” Robert Jeschonek
“The Stars Must Wait,” Carmelo Rafalà
“Elinor,” Zdravka Evtimova
“Sweet Sixteen,” Gustavo Bondoni
“Meeting Violet Mae,” Joshua St. Claire
POETRY:
“Ballad for a Falling Star,” Patricia Furstenberg
“The Long Way Round,” A J Dalton
“A Fine Frenzy,” Alison Jennings
“Interstellar Cento,” Dagne Forrest
“A Field Guide for Spotting Leucistic Singularities,” Carla Stein
“The Origins of Space and Time,” Hunter Liguore
“Descent to Ganymede,” Irina Moga
“Freely Given,” Kimberly Kuchar
“Mars Explorers,” F. J. Bergmann
“To Proceed to this Poem, Watch an Ad,” Jill Trade
“Fashion finds the astronauts,” PS Cottier
“Sequence,” Pippa Phillips
“Filaments,” Brian LeBansky
“Poem of Stones,” Zdravka Evtimova
“Three Tanka,” Wendy Van Camp
BOOK REVIEW:
“A Woman of Mars: The Poems of an Early Homesteader by Helen Patrice,” Marianne Plumridge
INTERVIEWS:
“An Interview with David Gerrold,” Justin T. O’Conor Sloane
“An Interview with Pedro Iniguez,” Jean-Paul L. Garnier
“An Interview with Michael Butterworth,” Jean-Paul L. Garnier
“An Interview with Gail Jamieson,” Justin T. O’Conor Sloane
“An Interview with Renan Bernardo,” Jean-Paul L. Garnier
“An Interview with Nigel Suckling,” Justin T. O’Conor Sloane
FROM THE ARCHIVES:
“What is POSAT?” Phyllis Sterling Smith, ill. Edmund Alexander Emshwiller
EDITOR’S EXTRAS:
“Starman Lumino,” Justin T. O’Conor Sloane
“Captain Pennwraigth’s Folly,” Justin T. O’Conor Sloane
“The Seamstress,” Justin T. O’Conor Sloane
CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES
1/30/ 2026: All material for issue #264 has been gathered and the work begins now in putting it all together for publication! This will be a massive and exciting issue!
Galaxy Science Fiction magazine officially relaunched August 7, 2024 with issue #263! Check it out at galaxysf.com! The first issue is free for a limited time!
Cheers,
Justin T. O’Conor Sloane, Editor-in-Chief
Galaxy Science Fiction
