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Galaxy Science Fiction #264
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Dear Sciencefictionauts:
Weighing in at 198 pages of science fiction spectacularity, Galaxy Science Fiction #264 is the biggest issue ever published in the magazine’s history! Front cover by Marianne Plumridge. Back cover by Paulo Sayeg.
FROM THE EDITORS:
Justin T. O’Conor Sloane, Editor-in-Chief 3
Jean-Paul L. Garnier, Deputy EIC 7
COSMOGRAPY CENTRAL:
“A Three-Dimensional Chessboard Universe,” Dr. Daniel Pomarède, Science Editor 9
THE SF EXCERPT MACHINE:
from Burning Man: Book 2 of the Time Ranger Series, K. Pimpinella 19
from The Man Without a Planet, David Gerrold 31
ART:
Broken Sky, Marianne Plumridge Front cover
Batmacumba Etoile, Paulo Sayeg 7
Litho, Paulo Sayeg 11
Power, Paulo Sayeg 20
Electric Radiance, Paulo Sayeg 29
Touro, Paulo Sayeg 30
Eagle X, Paulo Sayeg 44
Space #2, Louis Blue Cloud 49
Winged, Paulo Sayeg 52
Space #3, Louis Blue Cloud 56
Afinal, Paulo Sayeg 64
Omulu, Paulo Sayeg 72
Illustração Livro Vampiros, Paulo Sayeg 80
Caete, Paulo Sayeg 82
Blue Rift, Louis Blue Cloud 88
Buchos, Paulo Sayeg 94
Oceans of Mars, Richard Grieco 95
Intro, Ronan Cahill 97
Space #1, Louis Blue Cloud 100
Netuno, Paulo Sayeg 104
Tango, Paulo Sayeg 112
Medusa, Paulo Sayeg 119
Psychedelic Self-Portrait, Louis Blue Cloud 126
SP, Paulo Sayeg 137
They’re Always Watching Me, Dave Vescio 138
Baixinho Violento e Armada, Paulo Sayeg 142
Nau, Paulo Sayeg 144
Xangô, Paulo Sayeg 161
Anonymous A-99, Paulo Sayeg 163
Chrysalis, Nigel Suckling 176
Jolly Little Goat Man, Paulo Sayeg 187
Astral, Paulo Sayeg Back cover
FICTION:
“43 Seconds,” K. Pimpinella 15
“Restoration,” Eliane Boey 25
“Changing,” Grant Carrington 47
“The Iron Star,” Robert Silverberg 53
“Joseph, Comforting,” Dave Creek 81
“Misplaced Children,” John Shirley 83
“Senseless,” Michael Butterworth 98
“YesterNowMorrow and Other Myths,” Robert Jeschonek 105
“The Stars Must Wait,” Carmelo Rafalà 121
“Elinor,” Zdravka Evtimova 139
“Sweet Sixteen,” Gustavo Bondoni 149
“Meeting Violet Mae,” Joshua St. Claire 165
POETRY:
“Ballad for a Falling Star,” Patricia Furstenberg 8
“The Long Way Round,” A J Dalton 23
“A Fine Frenzy,” Alison Jennings 30
“Interstellar Cento,” Dagne Forrest 44
“A Field Guide for Spotting Leucistic Singularities,” Carla Stein 52
“The Origins of Space and Time,” Hunter Liguore 72
“Descent to Ganymede,” Irina Moga 73
“Freely Given,” Kimberly Kuchar 78
“Mars Explorers,” F. J. Bergmann 95
“To Proceed to this Poem, Watch an Ad,” Jill Trade 108
“Fashion finds the astronauts,” PS Cottier 120
“Sequence,” Pippa Phillips 131
“Filaments,” Brian LeBansky 135
“Poem of Stones,” Zdravka Evtimova 144
“Three Tanka,” Wendy Van Camp 160
BOOK REVIEW:
“A Woman of Mars: The Poems of an Early Homesteader by Helen Patrice,” Marianne Plumridge 96
INTERVIEWS:
“An Interview with David Gerrold,” Justin T. O’Conor Sloane 35
“An Interview with Pedro Iniguez,” Jean-Paul L. Garnier 75
“An Interview with Michael Butterworth,” Jean-Paul L. Garnier 101
“An Interview with Gail Jamieson,” Justin T. O’Conor Sloane 113
“An Interview with Renan Bernardo,” Jean-Paul L. Garnier 132
“An Interview with Nigel Suckling,” Justin T. O’Conor Sloane 145
FROM THE ARCHIVES:
“What is POSAT?” Phyllis Sterling Smith, ill. Edmund Alexander Emshwiller 177
EDITOR’S EXTRAS:
“Starman Lumino,” Justin T. O’Conor Sloane 77
“Captain Pennwraigth’s Folly,” Justin T. O’Conor Sloane 136
“The Seamstress,” Justin T. O’Conor Sloane 162
CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES: 189
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
