Galileo (magazine)

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Galileo Magazine of Science & Fiction
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Galileo first issue (1976)
EditorCharles C. Ryan
CategoriesScience fact & science fiction
FrequencyQuarterly (issues #1-3); bimonthly (issues #4–16)
FormatMagazine
PublisherVincent McCaffrey
Total circulation
(July 1978)
50,000
FounderVincent McCaffrey
Founded1976
First issueSeptember  1976;48 years ago (1976-09)
Final issue
Number
January 1980 (1980-01)
16
Company Avenue Victor Hugo Publishers (issues #1-6 )
Galileo Magazine, Inc. (issues #7-17)
CountryU.S.
Based in Boston, Massachusetts
LanguageEnglish

Galileo Magazine of Science & Fiction was an American science and science fiction magazine published out of Boston, Massachusetts. [1]

Contents

Publication history

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

Larry Niven's The Ringworld Engineers was serialized in #13–#16. Other contributors include:

Issues

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Galileo". SF Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. Michael Ashley (January 1, 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 January 4, 2016.