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Any particularly major recommendations for a reader?

• shmerl 9y ago
  Check out "The Laxian Key" and "Prospector's Special" by Robert Sheckley: * https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1954-11/Galaxy_1954_11#page/n30/mode/1up https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1954-11/Galaxy_195... * https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1959-12/Galaxy_1959_12#page/n7/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1959-12/Galaxy_195... My other favorite is Watchbird: https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-02/Galaxy_1953_02#page/n75/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-02/Galaxy_195... Lot's of his other stories were published in the Galaxy. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheckley_short_stories_bibliography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sheckley_short_stories_...
• someone7x 9y ago
  Depending on how experimental you like your science fiction, Moorcock-era (1964+) New Worlds magazine. * one I found that I'll read: https://archive.org/details/New_Worlds_171v50_1967-03 https://archive.org/details/New_Worlds_171v50_1967-03 There's something about this era that I've always liked. Maybe because these old pulps were my first lesson that scifi =/= space opera.
• JKCalhoun 9y ago
  This cover has always freaked me out: https://archive.org/details/galaxymagazine-1954-09 https://archive.org/details/galaxymagazine-1954-09
  • my_first_acct 9y ago
    Random OT fact of the day: The man on the cover is wearing one of those mirrors on his forehead that you often see in older photos of doctors. Thanks to Google and Wikipedia, I can now report what it is called ("head mirror") and what it was used for (to provide illumination for ear, nose, and throat exams). [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_mirror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_mirror