And the writers responded in kind and followed their own obsessions–although Gold often pitched ideas. It also had one of the best pay rates in the industry, and offered some of its writers exclusive contracts. Gold’s Galaxy focused on ideas, humor, satire, psychology and sociology. They knew what sold–shapely female endomorphs with bronze bras, embattled male mesomorphs clad in muscle, and frightful alien monsters in search of a human soul.Īnd while Astounding Science Fiction was focused on technology–suited for an America that had fundamentally changed since WWII–H.L. ![]() …other publishers thought the idea of offering mature science fiction in an attractive, adult format was downright funny. As an “annual report” written by publisher H.L. ![]() When Galaxy appeared in October 1950, it promised a kind of science-fiction different from the space operas of previous decades.
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