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GALAXY 1954,January
Tight and almost square / flat spine. Light overall wear. Faint numbers/fraction written at top of front cover next to magazine tltle; some smudges/marks at bottom left of back cover (see scans.) Age tanning is definitely less than typical (mild and uniform.)
GALAXY Science Fiction: January 1954 (Volume 7, Number 5 - this should be #4; next issue is #5-A to compensate.)
Illustrations by Ed Emshwiller, Kossin, Dick Francis, Sibley. Cover by Mel Hunter: "Scene: Flight Over Mercury."
Novella: "Natural State" by Damon Knight.
Novelets: "Lulungomeena" by Gordon R. Dickson
"Backlash" by Winston Marks.
Stories: "The Big Trip Up Yonder" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
"The holes around Mars" by Jerome Bixby.
Science: "For Your Information: Small Bodies Near Heavy Planets; etc." by Willy Ley
H. L. Gold's editorial is "Movining Day." Book reviews by Groff Conklin (for the 1st five years.)
