# What Galaxy Is This, Anyway?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-galaxy-is-this-anyway/10060
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [October 28, 1999, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-galaxy-is-this-anyway/10060 "1999-10-28T18:05:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)
#### Post date: [October 29, 1999, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-galaxy-is-this-anyway/10060/1 "1999-10-29T05:45:00Z")
I just discovered the real identity of RealityChuck (check out his profile)
…and that he was published in _Galaxy_. In 1994.
Help! One of the saddest times for me was when the old Baen _Galaxy_ tubed back in the 70s.
Have I entered a parallel universe? Chuck, info. on Galaxy, please!
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 29, 1999, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-galaxy-is-this-anyway/10060/2 "1999-10-29T05:52:00Z")
Milky Way? Snickers? Mounds?
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### Author:  [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-galaxy-is-this-anyway/10060/3 "1999-10-28T18:05:00Z")
Well, if it has arisen from the ashes, we don’t have it here. And yeah, I would guess it’s been at least 20 something years since I bought an issue.
To tell the truth, I’d all but forgotten about it.
## Didn’t Asimov write a straight science column for them, am I disremembering?
This space for rent.
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### Author:  [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-galaxy-is-this-anyway/10060/4 "1999-10-28T18:07:00Z")
Asimov wrote for F&SF, at least until he got his own title.
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### Author:  [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-galaxy-is-this-anyway/10060/5 "1999-10-28T18:09:00Z")
Book reviews were by Spider Robinson. Science column was “A Step Farther Out” by Jerry Pournelle. Editorials were by Baen (need I say more?). Oh, yeah, the fiction was pretty good too! 🙂
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### Author:  [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-galaxy-is-this-anyway/10060/6 "1999-10-28T18:43:00Z")
Yeah, the memory cells are starting to stir now.
I remember being disappointed with the Asimov mag. He probably didn’t have much to do with the content, though. Where would he find the time, and knock off a book every couple of months as well? Good marketing ploy, I guess.
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### Author:  [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-galaxy-is-this-anyway/10060/7 "1999-10-28T19:01:00Z")
Wally–check a recent issue of “Asimov’s”; I’ll think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
I believe “Galaxy” was revived several times after the Baen years, none successfully. I cannot confirm which exact years.
Dr. Asimov wrote a science column for “The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction” from 1959 until shortly before his death. He never missed a column, and fell just short of his 400th. He wrote editorials for his eponymous magazine; that job has been taken over by Robert Silverberg.
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### Author:  [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-galaxy-is-this-anyway/10060/8 "1999-10-28T19:12:00Z")
I realize now I was being lazy, so I did some quick researching on line. “Galaxy” was revived as a print magazine in 1994. It was edited by E.L. Gold (son of H.L. Gold, the founding editor) and ran only 8 issues. It died but was resurrected as an e-zine. If you’d like to read more (and buy back-issues of this fine zine), go to [http://galaxyezine.org.](http://galaxyezine.org.)
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### Author:  [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-galaxy-is-this-anyway/10060/9 "1999-10-28T19:12:00Z")
Sorry, that’s [http://www.galaxyezine.org](http://www.galaxyezine.org)
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### Author:  [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-galaxy-is-this-anyway/10060/10 "1999-10-28T19:15:00Z")
Thanks for the link, Guy.
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### Author:  [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)
#### Post date: [October 28, 1999, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-galaxy-is-this-anyway/10060/11 "1999-10-28T21:01:00Z")
Ditto!!