GALAXY Science Fiction: October 1962 (Volume 21, Number 1)
Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Templeton, West, Ritter, George Schelling. Cover by Virgil Finlay (for: "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell")

Serial: "A Plague of Pythons" (Part 1 of 2) by Frederik Pohl

Novella: "The Earthman's Burden" by Donald E. Westlake

Novelets: "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" by Cordwainer Smith ("Instrumentality" series)
"Who Dares a Bulbur Eat?" by Gordon R. Dickson ("Tom & Lucy Reasoner" series.)

Stories: "Come Into My Cellar" by Ray Bradbury
"A City Near Centaurus" by Bill Doede
"How to Make Friends" by Jim Harmon
"Roberta" by Margaret St. Clair
"Bimmie Says" by Sydney Van Scyoc

Science: "For Your Information: The End of the Jet Age, etc." by Willy Ley

Frederik Pohl's editorial is "The Business of Being Bad." Book reviews by Floyd C. Gale.