GALAXY Science Fiction: December 1976 (Volume 37, Number 9)
Illustrations by Vincent Di Fate, Stephen Fabian, Jack Gaughan, Rick Sternbach. Cover by Rick Sternbach (for "A Step Farther Out.")

Novelettes: "Cages" by Jim Park
"The Rock and the Pool" by Stephen Tall.

Stories: "Chance Meeting Near Ararat" by Eric Vinicoff & Marcia Martin
"The Earth Dwellers" by Nancy Kress.

Serial: "Gateway" (Part 2 of 3) by Frederik Pohl (a "Heechee" novel - winner of Hugo Award in 1978)
(Note that Part 3 of the serial is in March 1977 (no January or Febuary issue that year.)

Feature: "A Step Farther Out: That Buck Rogers Stuff" by Jerry Pournelle, Ph.D.

Jim Baen is editor, book reviews by Spider Robinson(!) (There were no April, June or August issues for 1976.) Although Galaxy tried to be monthly - they always skipped a few months, so that there were only 9 issues per year from 1975-77.