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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 15h

It’s time to take a gander at the November 1971 issue of Amazing #ScienceFiction Magazine. John Boston writes that we should run to grab it for an extraordinary letter alone… and some of the stories ain’t half bad. galacticjourney.org/october-12-1...

The cover of the November 1971 edition of Amazing Science Fiction Stories. Featured titles across the top are: The Wrong End of Time by John Brunner; In His Image by Terry Carr; Road Factory by W. Macfarlane; and To End All Wars by Gordon Eklund. Across the bottom is written: In Memoriam: John W. Campbell, by Sam Moskowitz. The illustration shows a humanoid robot with sticklike arms and legs, standing on a spherical surface. It is facing away from the viewer toward a series of tall rainbow-colored spires leaning at about a 60 degree angle along the horizon. A huge sun is half sunk behind the horizon, and a much smaller moon hangs above it to the left.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If you feel the Hugos and Nebulas don't really reflect the best SFF of the year (or, at least, that they are too limited a list), might we suggest... The Galactic Stars! Now covering the best SFF from 1959-1970: galacticjourney.org/tag/galactic...

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

We're rather proud of our take on the subject... galacticjourney.org/tag/galactic...

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Cora Buhlert writes about the West German experience with drug culture, and reviews the Frankenstein monster of a film, Wenn mein Schätzchen auf die Pauke haut (When my Sweetheart Gets Loud), which shouldn’t work but somehow does. galacticjourney.org/october-10-1...

Poster for Wenn mein Schätzchen auf die Pauke haut. It depicts a white woman beating a large drum, from which a white man is leaping. It is part-drawn, part photograph.

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Aussiecon5 @aussiecon5.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Who's going to @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social? Who therefore wants to fill in the (preliminary) Programming Participation Questionnaire?? Here it is! Go forth! montreal2027.ca/en/programmi...

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It’s time for Gideon Marcus to tell us about the latest Galaxy #ScienceFiction magazine and whether it's worth your time. Ooh, what’s this? Has it turned a corner for the better? It seems so. galacticjourney.org/october-8-19...

The cover of Galaxy magazine for November 1971. Mac 75c and 25p in the UK. There’s a white woman with brown hair dressed in a sleeveless yellow jumpsuit looking out to a grumpy-looking critter in the window. A man in a red space suit chases after it.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Rod Serling is back for a second year of Night Gallery, just in time for Halloween season! Amber Dubin catches up with what’s changed and what stayed steady. galacticjourney.org/october-6-19...

A strange white boy with blond hair dressed in a suit peers out from a television screen.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Gideon Marcus tries out a new wargame from SPI, Korea: The Mobile War—1950-51. Its play is quite different from other games, but is it fun? galacticjourney.org/october-4-19...

The cover of an historical simulation game, Korea The Mobile War 1950-51. It depicts a silhouette photo of three troops outside in rugged terrain. The colours are an off yellow and black.

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I just rewatched Claude Chabrol's Le Boucher (1970) ... the opening and another scene show rock art in the Grottes de Cougnac, Dordogne region ... apparently Chabrol originally wanted to film in Les Eyzies but thought it too touristy. 🏺 ok.ru/video/328005...

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Le Boucher (The Butcher) Claude Chabrol 1970 eng subs

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

David Levinson takes us on a quick detour to events in the Persian Gulf before looking at the latest issue of If. A fair few of the #ScienceFiction stories in this one tackle themes to do with colonization, so the detour is warranted. Interesting, too. galacticjourney.org/october-2-19...

The cover illustration for If: Worlds of Science Fiction, December 1971 edition. A giant curved structure in an approximately triangular shape with many round windows sits atop a spherical base on a rocky cliff. Both the bottom of the triangular portion and the spherical base are cracked in the way of old marble or granite. The structure, like the sky behind it, is gold. To the right of the structure, a partial eclipse of the sun hangs in the sky. Several people are standing around the structure. Closer to us, a man in a loincloth with long hair stands atop a rocky outcrop, facing away from the viewer and reaching with his arms toward the sun.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The end of a tumultuous month brings us to the October Analog #ScienceFiction Science Fact magazine. It’s the first to acknowledge the death of its longtime editor, John Campbell, back in July. As for its contents? Dreck and excellence, says Gideon Marcus. galacticjourney.org/september-30...

The cover of the October 1971 issue of Analog by John Schoenherr. It features a structure coming out of a sea, blue sky behind it, with a rocket ship heading upwards. It costs 60c. It highlights Hierarchies by John T. Phillifent.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today, Cora Buhlert looks at another anthology of sword and sorcery #Fantasy stories, this one also called Warlocks and Warriors. Today’s was edited by Douglas Hill. How do they compare? Well, ready your wallets because it turns out they’re both excellent! galacticjourney.org/september-29...

Warlocks and Warriors, edited by Douglas Hill featuring a colorful illustration of a hand holding a dagger with a skeleton in the reflection of the blade.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Who doesn’t love some Sword&Sorcery? Turns out loads do, which poses a challenge titling new collections of such #Fantasy stories. Cora Buhlert looks at the 1st of 2 anthologies called Warlocks and Warriors, today’s edited by L. Sprague de Camp, & it’s a good un! galacticjourney.org/september-28...

Warlocks and Warriors, edited by L. Sprague De Camp Featuring an illustration of aa muscular man on horseback fighting a lizard man.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The world sure is confusing right now. SJ Groenewegen tries to make sense of recent events in the Cold War, where there’s talks of detente at the top table but blood, bombs and bullets in the streets… and what’s with London expelling 105 Soviets? galacticjourney.org/september-26...

A black and white photograph of a room destroyed by a bomb. Three white men in rumpled suits talk in a group.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A mysterious drifter (Charles Bronson) is found wandering southeast England and is later taken by Dr. Larry Jeffries (Anthony Perkins) to his home. George Pritchard ponders if "Someone Behind the Door", a Gothic #Horror film, has the courage of its convictions. galacticjourney.org/september-24...

Poster for the movie featuring an overhead view of a bald man with a door open in his head to the vista of young woman being strangled.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today, Gwyn Conaway’s fascinating piece is all about the shift from sixties’ v-signs and daisies for peace to protestors wearing work gear and raising fists. galacticjourney.org/september-22...

A black-and-white photograph of two long-haired and moustachioed men standing on a boat, the Phyllis Cormack. One of the men, Greenpeace founder Bob Hunter, is handling the helmsman's wheel with Ben Metcalfe beside him. Both wear denim clothes and knitted woollen headgear.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hunter's been drawing his robot folks since the 50s!

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Gideon Marcus takes a gander at the latest #Fantasy and #ScienceFiction Magazine, which takes a mystical turn. Meanwhile, the moon continues to capture our imaginations as well as giving much information for science. galacticjourney.org/september-20...

The cover of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction for October 1971. It features two robots on a moon playing ball.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Fiona Moore peeks inside the latest issue of Fantastic #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy magazine and finds a few stinkers, but also a couple of good stories. There’s also a quick preview of the soon-to-be-released Ono-Lennon album, Fly. galacticjourney.org/september-18...

Cover of the October 1971 issue of 'Fantastic science fiction & fantasy stories' featuring an illustration of a helmeted man peeking out the top of a tank-like vehicle with a single track holding a massive long-barrel rifle. In the background is a red sun.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Our second set of #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy reads, bringing a total of 13 books reviewed this month in Galactoscope! Most of them are pretty good or even excellent! There truly is something for everyone. galacticjourney.org/710916-galac...

Nine science fiction book covers.
Cover for the Ace paperback of K. M. O’Donnell’s Gather in the Hall of the Planets with the tagline, Interplanetary interference at Worldcon 74! It features stylised dragons, a man in armour, a weird alien and a white woman with great red hair.
Cover for the Ace paperback of K. M. O’Donnell’s In the Pocket and other SF Stories. It features a circle with a figure on a moon surrounded by many planets and asteroids.
Cover for hardback edition of War Lord of the Air by Michael Moorcock for the UK depicting an airship being approached by a rocket light craft. Cover illustration uncredited.
Hardback cover of The Committed Men by M. John Harrison showing a montage of photos including a coffin being carried, a bell tower, skulls, flowers and butterflies. Illustration by Chris Yates.
Cover for paperback edition of The Pastel City by M. John Harrison, depicting a hooded and cloaked figure on horseback looking over a rocky promontory at a line of people walking, as in the distance a city is burning and aerial craft are nearby. Illustration by Bruce Pennington.
Cover for the hardback edition of Android at Arms by Andre Norton. It depicts a sketch of a man flying over weird geometric shapes. Illustration by Richard Powers.
Cover of Dinosaur Beach by Keith Laumer. It features a rectangular poster shape with a house, palm trees and a tyrannosaurus rex with a man striding towards these. Outside of the rectangle are blue clouds. Artist not credited.
Cover of The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart, showing a girl and a black cat on a broom, flying above hills and houses. The style is busy and wispy.
Cover of The First Team by John Ball and published by Michael Joseph, showing a nuclear submarine in silhouette, drawn in bright, primary colors.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Valerie McElroy takes a look at The Man Who Haunted Himself, starring Roger Moore, which is now out in theatres in the U.S.A. It may not be what you were expecting… galacticjourney.org/september-14...

Poster for The Man Who Haunted Himself. It is a painting showing two anxious looking images of Roger Moore's moustachioed face, one normal and one pale green. Below, a man, possibly Moore again, bursts through a door. The yellow letters of the poster look both spooky and groovy.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It’s back-to-school time for kids in the northern hemisphere, and for the first Galactoscope this month here’s a selection of #Fantasy and #ScienceFiction books for youngsters. There’s also a couple reviewed for adult readers. galacticjourney.org/september-12...

Five book covers. They are: The Dragon’s Hoard by Tanith Lee (two wyverns pulling a winged chariot); Ground Zero Man by Bob Shaw (red cover with a fiery planet above a weird tower; The Third Road by Martha Bacon (a woman oversees a dragon, unicorns and boys); Sleep two, three, four! by John Neufield (two white teens look fearful); and Drustan the Wanderer by Anna Taylor (a white woman in fantasy garb).

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Gideon Marcus has just returned from the biggest World #ScienceFiction Convention held yet, Noreascon in Boston. Among loads of highlights was the Hugo Awards. Mark your diaries, for next year's #Worldcon will be in Los Angeles and in 1973 Toronto will host. galacticjourney.org/noreascon/

Promotional image for the 29th world science fiction convention featuring the text WE WELCOME YOU BOSTON IN '71 surrounding an illustration of a woman in fantasy attire featuring a seashell-like bra held up by beads and star-like crown and earrings.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It was so nice seeing you, Ryka!!! (This is Gideon)

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Galactic Journey has followed Star Trek since it began five years ago! If you missed our coverage, now's a great time to go through our back issues... galacticjourney.org/tag/star-trek/

Comic Spock works in a lab in front of foaming test tubes.

Introducing Mr. Spock... and a scene of the landing party from "Miri"

StarTrek promo card from 1966 featuring some very old fashioned visuals

Shatner and Nimoy smoldering on the cover of the March 4-10, 1967 TV Guide

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The second New Worlds Quarterly, edited by Michael Moorcock, includes an essay dismissing familiar and cosy #ScienceFiction stories. Is this anthology of New Wave stories an antidote? Fiona Moore thinks not. galacticjourney.org/september-8-...

The cover of New Worlds 2: the Science Fiction Quarterly. Image shows a green circle like a petri dish against a blue background. Both are overlaid with a hexagonal grid, each cell of which has a fingerprint pattern. Red splotchy tendrils are spreading across the circle.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Cora Buhlert describes what's been happening after Stern's powerful cover story about abortion and subsequent protests across West Germany. Are promised changes to the hated paragraph 218 enough? galacticjourney.org/september-6-...

Stern cover We had an abortion; from June 6, 1971.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

As spooky season taunts us, Jason Sacks takes a look at a new #Horror movie, Let’s Scare Jessica to Death. Pitched as a lurid and exploitative film, it’s something much scarier - a mood that unsettles and creeps under your skin. galacticjourney.org/september-4-...

The title image for Let's Scare Jessica to Death. The title is written in a bright read serifed font that takes up the whole screen. It is superimposed over a photo of a fork in a road, with autumn trees in the background.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just say the word and let us know what you want to write about!

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Arturo Serrano takes a look at Venus, the inspiration for many a #ScienceFiction tale, and asks if fiction meeting fact will refuse to cede ground? The anthology, Farewell, Fantastic Venus!, suggests that might be so… galacticjourney.org/september-2-...

Cover of the book Farewell Fantastic Venus, edited by Brian W. Aldiss and Harry Harrison. It cites this blurb by the Sunday Times: Fascinating—an excellent mixture of fact and fantasy. It announces the names of the authors Arthur C. Clarke, Olaf Stapledon, Poul Anderson, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, and states that there are more inside the book. The cover illustration shows a painting of a metallic sphere with swirling colors.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The latest Analog #ScienceFiction magazine has arrived and the mag is clearly at a crossroads. The late Campbell’s influence continues, but Gideon Marcus notes there are a few changes. galacticjourney.org/august-31-19...

Cover of Analog magazine for September 1971. It announces the story Wheels Within Wheels by F. Paul Wilson. The cover illustration shows a blue-skinned man wearing rags and hiding a dagger from the man behind him who stares suspiciously.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Gosh, has it been eight years already? Check out Brian's review of this not-quite classic...

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

George Pritchard had high hopes for Quark/4, but was left pondering if the hip and avant-garde #ScienceFiction stories of the New Wave in it are all that good… But, stories by Vonda McIntyre and Larry Niven raise the score. galacticjourney.org/august-28-19...

Cover of Quark 4, showing smoky shapes over an abstract United States flag.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Today, Cora Buhlert writes about Operation Kora, the massive and deadly manhunt in West Germany searching for members of the Baader-Meinhof Gang, a.k.a. Red Army Fraction. galacticjourney.org/august-26-19...

22 year old white woman Petra Schelm in a studio portrait taken a few years ago on the left (she has dark hair) and two photos of her in disguise with wig and glasses in the middle and on the right.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Did you miss our live coverage of the Apollo 15 lunar mission? Fear not because Gideon makes sense of it all in fascinating detail in today’s article. galacticjourney.org/august-24-19...

The color portrait of the three astronauts of the Apollo 15 mission, in their white space suits in front of a lunar-surface like wall. Their patch is in the middle and above them. The patch has Apollo 15 at the top and the names Scott, Worden and Irwin on the bottom. The picture in the patch is of three bird-like motifs in white, blue and red, atop the surface of the moon. The three men are all white and clean-shaven in this picture. They are helmetless and gloveless.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Politics and the arts don’t only relate to the artwork, as N.Y.C.’s Whitney Museum found out earlier this year. Maureen Hogan writes about how the De Luxe theater in Houston, Texas, is leading the way in hosting a racially-integrated art show. galacticjourney.org/august-22-19...

A black and white pamphlet for the De Luxe Show. Text reads: Come and See the De Luxe Show. Art and Movies. 3303 Lyons Avenue, Houston, Texas. August 22 to September 25, '71, Mon. thru Sat. 10 to 10, Sun. 1 to 10 p.m. In the center, a photo shows Black people standing at the entrance to the De Luxe gallery, which has a movie marquee above the door. A couple of children look through the window at the art inside. All the people's heads and limbs appear to be in silhouette because the camera film cannot capture their dark skin correctly.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Gideon writes about weather balloons and international cooperation, as well as the latest issue of #Fantasy and #ScienceFiction magazine. galacticjourney.org/august-20-19...

Cover of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction for September 1971. It announces stories by Arthur Jean Cox, Neal Barrett Jr., Kit Reed, and Isaac Asimov. The cover illustration shows a woman standing against a background of planetary spheres and ink blotches.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Fiona Moore takes a look at U.F.O., a new live-action #ScienceFiction TV series made for adults, from the stable of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Does it work? galacticjourney.org/august-18-19...

Photo of a woman with a purple bob haircut wearing a silver A-line mini dress walking down an orange and white hallway. Text reads: Lieutenant Gay Ellis. An intelligent, competent military officer, but I'm not sure the viewers will notice.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Today, we've reviewed three more #ScienceFiction #Fantasy books for you this month. This batch contains works of consistently higher quality than yesterday’s! galacticjourney.org/68295-2/

Three science fiction/fantasy book covers.
First: Front cover of paperback first edition of The Forest of Forever, showing a minotaur and dyrad walking through the forest. Cover illustration by George Barr.
Second: Front cover of CHAPAVECA. A greyscale abstract depiction of half a face interrupted by a green space ship. Cover by Robert Dennis.
Third: Front cover of Margaret and I. A black and white sketch of a woman. Cover by John Renfer.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This article is worth your gander to assess the bumper crop of reading this month! We review FIVE #ScienceFiction #fantasy books for you, ranging from the bottom of the barrel to near the top. galacticjourney.org/august-16-19...

Five science fiction/fantasy book covers.
Top row, from left to right:
1 Art by David Johnston depicting a nude white man in the sea. 95c.
2 Art by Frank Frazetta depicting a black bull posturing menacingly in front of the back of a nude man.
3 Japanese soldiers with an Imperial Japanese rising sun flag, in the background is the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Artist unknown. Text includes: The Rising Sun over Australia - a stunningly authentic novel of what might have happened.
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4 A nude white woman is sitting on a bed with a man behind her. The images are wobbly. The colours all reds, yellows and browns. Text includes: Futuremen and Futurewomen turn the past into a playground - then the impossible happens. Curtis Books, 75c.
5 A black cover with a relatively small circular image in the bottom right corner depicting two clothed white women. Text includes: A macabre masterpiece of suspense, intrigue, and occult adventure. WARNING: You will never be quite the same after reading this.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

When George Harrison and Ravi Shankar called for help, the star power of today’s rock scene answered to do something for the beleaguered people of Bangla Desh. galacticjourney.org/august-14-19...

A simple bill poster in red and black text on a yellowing background that reads, GEORGE HARRISON AND FRIENDS 2 PERFORMANCES SUNDAY AUG. 1st 2:30PM & 8PM. NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES LIMIT 4 TICKETS PER PERSON.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Boy, I HOPE the solar eclipse and the new Moon coincide...

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I left my two cents, though the reports of his death are 55 years premature...

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

John Boston dissects the latest Amazing #ScienceFiction magazine. There’s a lively lettercol and a cracking conclusion to a Silverberg novel. As for the rest? It’s a real mix. galacticjourney.org/august-12-19...

Cover of Amazing, art by Dan Adkins. It depicts a person in space holding a piece of space junk. The moon looms from above. Text reads: First in science fiction since 1926. Amazing science fiction stories. September 1971 60c UK 25p. Junk Patrol by Ted White, What Time do You Call This? by Bob Shaw, Myrra by David Anthony Kraft, and the conclusion of the Second Trip by Robert Silverberg.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I suspect you would enjoy our radio station—by company policy, we've determined that CCR will remain on the air indefinitely, even if they pass the two year age-out (it's currently August 1971, natch). tinyurl.com/kgjtunes

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

If this might be helpful, if a story by an author is in print, the article let's you know where you can get it: galacticjourney.org/tag/joanna-r...

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Jason Sacks takes a look at Charlton Heston in Omega Man. It’s a new adaptation of Richard Matheson’s 1954 #ScienceFiction novel I Am Legend, but is it as good as the 1964 version starring Vincent Price? galacticjourney.org/august-10-19...

Promotional poster for the movie The Omega Man. Text at the top says: The world is dead. One survivor. Then the others crawling in darkness. Hiding from light. The strangest sect of all. Hunting the last man on earth. The poster shows images of a man holding a rifle and several distorted human faces with blank eyes and menacing expressions.

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Antarctic research isn't. I'd argue human lunar and Martian research is.

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