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6x Best Fanzine Hugo-finalist. Blast back to 1970: #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy, and the #Space Race! Broadcasting the Moon Landings "as they happen" and discussing classic #ScienceFiction here:

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Galactic Journey @galacticjourney.bsky.social · Nov 20
1) Going OOC for a mo.

What is Galactic Journey? It is so staggeringly big, so comprehensive, that I suspect even our fans don't know all of its facets. We review every SFF story that comes out, but did you know we’re also a TV station? A radio broadcaster? A LARP?

Strap in—we're taking a ride:
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Worlds of Tomorrow #ScienceFiction returns...with all the impact of a wet noodle. Is it worth your time? Read on!

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Cover of the magazine Worlds of Tomorrow. It announces the stories The Jagged Pink Marshmallow Kid by W. MacFarlane, Greyspun's Gift by Neal Barrett Jr., The Dream Machine by Keith Laumer and Seedling from the Stars by John Jakes. The cover illustration shows a human head wearing electric cables around the skull, inside a dark starry shape full of bubbles.
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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@holmesja.bsky.social on Timeslip: "The bottom line: it’s a fun series, it’s interesting to watch, just so long as you don’t think about it too hard.

That’s MY job."

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Gottfried (left) and Traynor looking one another in the eye. Gottfried is disguised as an officer of the Royal Navy.
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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#Space isn't just a came for the superpowers anymore: read up on how the UK, France, and Australia are blasting their way into orbit!

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Souvenir envelope for ELDO f-9 flight. It has an illustration of a rocket launch, a list of ELDO mmber countires and a special postmark for the F-9 launch.
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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East meets West—two famed #cosmonauts visit the U .S. even as the Soviets score another #space triumph. Read all about it!

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Colour photograph of two cosmonauts appearing to attend a presentation using scale models of NASA crafts with a movie cameraman capturing the session in the left foreground
October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Ecology is a major theme in this month's #Analog #ScienceFiction — does it make for a better mag? Read on!

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Colour cover of Analog Science Fiction Science Fact November 1970. The cover illustration is of a white man fleeing through a forest in terror closely pursued by a creature resembling a blue warthog with the size and horns of a bull, and the story advertised on the front is Keith Laumer's 'The Plague'.
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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@kris takes us on a tour of #ScienceFiction -al music! Check out these fantastic disks for your turntable:

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King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King album cover showing a painting of a man with bright red skin screaming.
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Niven's newest, #Ringworld, and the ambitions Sorcerer's World by Damien Broderick are the two #ScienceFiction books on tap for review today:

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Covers for Ringworld and Sorcerer's World (see article for more in-depth description)
October 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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It's time for Monday Night #Football!

Come see the #Vikings vs. the #Rams: October 26, 1970!

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Title screen: Los Angeles Rams VS Minnesota Vikings over a football field
October 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Jason Sacks takes on the dystopic, nihilistic, #ScienceFIction non-classic: NO BLADE OF GRASS:

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Promo phhoto for NO BLADE OF GRASS Featuring a woman in a car, screaming as her vehicle gets surrounded by men
October 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Bob Sheckley's "The Prize of Peril" comes to life in this brilliant West German adaptation—The Million Game! Thanks, @corabuhlert.bsky.social !

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In this striking still from The Million Game, host Thilo Uhlenhorst can be seen in front of an oversized portrait of contestant Bernhard Lotz with crosshairs on his face.
October 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Don't just read our latest review of #Fantasy and #ScienceFiction for the magazine—I've got a whole bit on the creation of #NOAA, too!

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A smiling Indian tumbler performs in The Games
October 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Terrence Stamp stars in this #ScienceFiction #horror : The Mind of Mr. Soames—read all about it!

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Poster for The Mind of Mr. Soames headlined, "Can this baby kill?" with a screaming, technicolor head of Terrence Stamp in a jail-like crib surrounded by toys.
October 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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This month's first Galactoscope round-up of science fiction (yes, there will be two!) has both soaring heights and middling trots. Read on to see what #ScienceFiction you should be picking up off the shelves this month!

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Four book covers (all described in detail in the article)
October 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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@holmesja.bsky.social brings news of a brand new BBC #TimeTravel show: TIMESLIP! Is it good? Read on!

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Title card for TIMESLIP with the word rendered in MICR typeface
October 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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"Good-looking package, attentive editorial presence, slickly written short pieces (and no doubt a capable Shaw novel based on his track record). But it’s all a bit light on substance..."

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Cover of Amazing magazine for November 1970. It announces the stories One Million Tomorrows by Bob Shaw, Enemy by Proxy by Jack Wodhams, A Time to Teach, a Time to Learn by Noel Loomis, Through the Dark Glass by Gerard R. Conway, and the article Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science by Barry N. Malzberg. The cover illustration shows a robotic hand against a multicolored background.
October 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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George Pritchard takes on a pair of #horror flicks that may not raise your hackles, but were worth the review!

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Book cover for "How Awful about Allan" and poster for "Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny, and Girly"
October 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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@corabuhlert.bsky.social has got a Farmer #ScienceFiction trilogy that combines, Tarzan, Doc Savage, and... genitalia. It needs top be read to be believed!

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Covers for The Mad Goblin and Lord of the Trees (fuller alt-text in article)
October 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Dr. Fiona Glass has suffered so we don't have to... Check out her reviews of Trog and The Vampire Lovers! #ScienceFiction #Fantasy

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Movie posters for Trog and The Vampire Lovers (see the article for fuller alt text)
October 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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The first #sciencefiction issue of the month is... well, it's IF, which means it is what it is. But check out what's happening in the Middle East!

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Cover of the IF issue. Drawn in a loose, bright style, a man in a white breechcloth stands in front of a strange, organic-looking machine, holding a long dagger.
October 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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What's this? Analog #ScienceFiction has the best issue of the month? It's true!

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Cover of Analog magazine for October 1970. It announces the story The Tactics of Mistake by Gordon R. Dickson. The cover illustration shows a bulldozer attached to a submarine, pushing against the bottom of the sea.
September 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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At long last, @bdcollins95.bsky.social has completed his review of Robert Silverberg's " #ScienceFiction Hall of Fame, Volume 1 "

It's a terrific piece, and very useful—practically a primer on classic SF. Check it out!

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Cover for The Science Fiction hall of Fame, Volume 1: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Edited by Robert Silverberg Chosen b ythe by the Members of The Science Fiction Writers of America
September 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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@krisvm.bsky.social covered the latest paperback #ScienceFiction anthology! Check it out:

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Cover of The Disappearing Future, a yellowish orange cover with a circular Kaleidoscopic image in the centre, likely achieved via microscopic photography through polarized light creating colored birefringence patterns. Black Text is at the top reading: Panther Science Fiction The Disappearing Future A symposium of speculation edited by George Hay
September 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Diana Ross is leading the way in Black Fashion—Gwyn Conaway has the details:

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Diana Ross's debut solo album cover from spring of 1970, photographed by Harry Langdon. Photo is of Ross in a t-shirt and shorts, in sepia.
September 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Come join us for the very first Monday Night Football—broadcasting right now!

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September 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Winona's latest piece on the all-woman undersea scientist team at Tektite II is amazing. Check it out!

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Two of the women scientists in shirt-sleeves in the living space inside Tektite
September 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM