Galileo (magazine)

Galileo Magazine of Science & Fiction was an American science and science fiction magazine published out of Boston, Massachusetts.^[1]

Galileo Magazine of Science & Fiction

Galileo first issue (1976)
Editor	Charles C. Ryan
Categories	Science fact & science fiction
Frequency	Quarterly (issues #1-3); bimonthly (issues #4–16)
Format	Magazine
Publisher	Vincent McCaffrey
Total circulation (July 1978)	50,000
Founder	Vincent McCaffrey
Founded	1976
First issue	September  1976; 48 years ago (1976-09)
Final issue Number	January 1980 (1980-01) 16
Company	Avenue Victor Hugo Publishers (issues #1-6 ) Galileo Magazine, Inc. (issues #7-17)
Country	U.S.
Based in	Boston, Massachusetts
Language	English

Publication history

The first issue was released in September 1976.^[1][2] Issue #5 was published in October 1977. It then changed to a bimonthly publishing schedule beginning with issue #6 published in January 1978. The last issue published was issue #16 in January 1980.^[1] Issue #17 was planned, but the magazine folded and only the covers for #17 were printed.

Contributors

Larry Niven's The Ringworld Engineers was serialized in #13–#16. Other contributors include:

• Brian Aldiss
• Ray Bradbury
• Damien Broderick
• Arthur C. Clarke
• Harlan Ellison
• Joe Haldeman
• Frank Herbert
• Robert Silverberg
• Joan D. Vinge
• Jack Williamson
• Larry Blamire - Illustrator

Issues

• Issue #1 1976 (quarterly)
• Issue #2 1976 (quarterly)
• Issue #3 1977 (quarterly)
• Issue #4 July 1977 (quarterly)
• Issue #5 October 1977 (quarterly)
• Issue #6 January 1978 (bimonthly)
• Issue #7 March 1978 (bimonthly)
• Issue #8 May 1978 (bimonthly)
• Issue #9 July 1978 (bimonthly)
• Issue #10 September 1978 (bimonthly)
• Issue #11 & 12 double issue June 1979 (bimonthly)
• Issue #13 July 1979 (bimonthly)
• Issue #14 September 1979 (bimonthly)
• Issue #15 November 1979 (bimonthly)
• Issue #16 January 1980 (bimonthly)

See also

• List of defunct American magazines
• Locus magazine
• Galactic Central