Galaxy Science Fiction Novels


Galaxy novels, sometimes titled Galaxy Science Fiction Novels, were a series of mostly reprint American science fiction novels published between 1950 and 1961.
The series was started by H.L. Gold, the editor of Galaxy Science Fiction, in 1950 as a companion to the main Galaxy magazine. There was one novel per issue, which appeared in digest size format, which made the books in the series look like digest magazines.
In 1959, after 35 issues, the series was sold to Beacon Books, which changed the format to mass-market paperback and introduced its own numbering scheme, continuing the series for another 11 issues. They also had the contents of some books revised to add mild sexual content and changed their titles accordingly.

Publication details

The official publisher of Galaxy novels was World Editions, Inc. for issues 1 through 7 and Galaxy Publishing Corp. for issues 8 through 46. Both were based in New York City. Issues 1 through 23, 32, 33, and then 35 through 46 were published as Galaxy Science Fiction Novel while issues 24 through 31 and 34 were published as Galaxy Novel.

List of issues

  1. 1950 Eric Frank Russell. Sinister Barrier
  2. 1950 Jack Williamson. The Legion of Space
  3. 1951 Arthur C. Clarke. Prelude to Space
  4. 1951 S. Fowler Wright. The Amphibians
  5. 1951 S. Fowler Wright. The World Below
  6. 1951 Raymond F. Jones. The Alien
  7. 1951 Clifford D. Simak. Empire
  8. 1952 Olaf Stapledon. Odd John
  9. 1952 William F. Temple. Four Sided Triangle
  10. 1952 Jay Franklin. Rat Race
  11. 1952 Wilson Tucker. The City in the Sea
  12. 1952 Sam Merwin, Jr.. The House of Many Worlds
  13. 1953 John Taine. Seeds of Life
  14. 1953 Isaac Asimov. Pebble in the Sky
  15. 1953 Leslie Mitchell. Three Go Back
  16. 1953 James Blish. The Warriors of Day
  17. 1953 Lewis Padgett. Well of the Worlds
  18. 1953 Edmond Hamilton. City at World's End
  19. 1953 James Blish. Jack of Eagles
  20. 1954 Murray Leinster. The Black Galaxy
  21. 1954 Jack Williamson. The Humanoids
  22. 1954 Sam Merwin, Jr.. Killer To Come
  23. 1954 David Reed. Murder in Space
  24. 1955 L. Sprague de Camp. Lest Darkness Fall
  25. 1955 Murray Leinster. The Last Spaceship
  26. 1956 Lewis Padgett. Chessboard Planet
  27. 1956 Malcolm Jameson. Tarnished Utopia
  28. 1957 Fritz Leiber. Destiny Times Three
  29. 1957 Ron Hubbard. Fear
  30. 1957 Fletcher Pratt. Double Jeopardy
  31. 1957 C.L. Moore. Shambleau
  32. 1957 F.L. Wallace. Address: Centauri
  33. 1958 Hal Clement. Mission of Gravity
  34. 1958 Manly Wade Wellman. Twice in Time
  35. 1958 Frank Riley and Mark Clifton. The Forever Machine
  36. 1959 Olaf Stapledon. Odd John
  37. 1959 Raymond F. Jones. The Deviates
  38. 1959 George O. Smith. Troubled Star
  39. 1959 Laurence Janifer and Randall Garrett. Pagan Passions
  40. 1960 Poul Anderson. Virgin Planet
  41. 1960 Philip José Farmer. Flesh
  42. 1960 Sam Merwin, Jr.. The Sex War
  43. 1960 Philip José Farmer. A Woman A Day
  44. 1960 A. E. van Vogt, The Mating Cry
  45. 1961 Brian Aldiss, The Male Response
  46. 1961 Cyril Judd. Sin in Space