Vintage SciFi Magazine 'Galaxy' Preserved Online - And Hopefully Also SoundCloud (archive.org) 52
Long-time Slashdot reader Paul Fernhout writes: Archive.org has made available 355 issues of Galaxy Magazine for free access. Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980 with stories from many sci-fi greats [including Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury, and Robert Heinlein]. At its peak, Galaxy greatly influenced the science fiction field. See also Open Culture and The Verge for more about the history of a magazine that help shape the imaginations of a generation of techies..
Meanwhile, Archive.org's Jason Scott -- who also founded textfiles.com -- says his own group of preservationists "plans large scale backing up of Soundcloud soon" -- or at least part of it. A placeholder page already informs visitors that "We are currently working on getting all the API data... We also are writing the scripts to get a good grab of everything we can." Scott told Motherboard Saturday "Our main concern is artists and creators suddenly finding their stuff gone, and making it so it's not in oblivion."
Meanwhile, Archive.org's Jason Scott -- who also founded textfiles.com -- says his own group of preservationists "plans large scale backing up of Soundcloud soon" -- or at least part of it. A placeholder page already informs visitors that "We are currently working on getting all the API data... We also are writing the scripts to get a good grab of everything we can." Scott told Motherboard Saturday "Our main concern is artists and creators suddenly finding their stuff gone, and making it so it's not in oblivion."
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The god made creimer and nixed all his previous efforts.
You can read all about that in "Job: A Comedy of Justice" [amzn.to] by Robert A. Heinlein.
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Affiliate spam as usual.
That's the price for using my name and likeness on Slashdot.
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Affiliate spam as usual.
That's the price for using my name and likeness on Slashdot.
spam-free pdf [allmysh-t.com] You're free to put affiliate links if you want, but it IS spam, and as such, has a negative impact on your reputation.
I've up-modded a few of your posts because I look at each post on it's merit, no on the person's overall reputation, but I won't even consider the spammy ones for an up-mod. (blog spam doesn't deserve up-mods. No, I don't down-mod them - I'd rather concentrate on up-mods, as per the guidelines).
I look at it this way - people aren't attacking me for spamming, but for what I a
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spam-free pdf
But depriving the RAH estate of roylaty income for a book that isn't in the public domain is perfectly okay?
[...] as such, has a negative impact on your reputation.
Not really. AFAIK, karma is accumulative. After 10K+ comments, I got years of karma to burn through. Also, I get up voted more than I get down voted by the mods.
For those who want to post spammy links, there's Facebook and Twitter. Nothing of value will be lost on either site.
Except Slashdot doesn't work that way. If no one complains about a link, it gets a minimal amount of clicks. If someone complains about the link, it gets 3X as many clicks. The "10 kinds of people" link in my signature easily gets 20+ clicks
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The karma cap is 50 points. Once you hit it, positive mods do nothing, but negative mods will still affect it. For example, if you're at the cap, get 10 + mods, then subsequently get 10 - mods, you're down to 40 points. If a few people with 15 mod points decide t
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The karma cap is 50 points. Once you hit it, positive mods do nothing, but negative mods will still affect it. For example, if you're at the cap, get 10 + mods, then subsequently get 10 - mods, you're down to 40 points.
I just re-read the Slashdot FAQs. I didn't find this information anywhere and it's not consistent with my own experience.
If a few people with 15 mod points decide to mod-bomb you, you can quickly find yourself at zero.
Fortunately, I'm not pissing off everyone with a user account. Only the 14-year-old wankers.
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Come on, stop this non-sense and propose Barbara to marry you. She has opened the door to you many times and she seems like a decent person.
What are you waiting for?
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With that sort of business acumen, it's amazing you are on the old side of middle-aged, living in a studio apartment with a manga collection.
Middle age is between 45 and 64. I'm only 47. That puts me on the young side of middle age. Now get off my virtual lawn, Millennial!
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20age [merriam-webster.com]
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Care to respond?
Nope. :)
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On a thread about classic science fiction? I suppose it makes sense.
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Normally, your post would seem completely odd, but it completely fits in with a sci-fi article.
Cue Harlan Ellison lawsuit in 3..2.. (Score:5, Insightful)
I do suppose they got permission from all the copyright holders, including the notoriously litigious ones?
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I see what you did there
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The magazine's first couple of pages state that the copyright is owned by Galaxy Publishing Corporation. There's no mention of individual author's copyright. It's quite likely that if the authors did not sell their entire copyright to the magazine, they likely signed to allow galaxy the right to publish their work how they see fit, which is pretty standard for publishing articles in magazines. So there's no need to get permission from the individual authors.
Presumably either the magazine's own copyright has
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Looking @ 1973 Vol 34 issue right now... apk (Score:4, Interesting)
See subject: I had 100's of these (actually my Father did, he's read more varied material than anyone I've ever met) & this is all that remains of them. We'd pick them up for 25 cents each @ a used bookstore nearby. I know this for a fact, as the sticker is STILL on the issue (yellowed w/ age).
Periodicals like this one, alongside comic books (which were 1st for me when I was ~ 6 yrs. old or so) helped me build up a decent enough vocabulary to score 790 on my SAT verbal.
My dad was a smart guy who knew reading was a good thing to get into for kids & early.
(Due to collegiate academia mostly though, I 'graduated' into mostly TECHNICAL reading though from then on & never went back to "leisure reading" for enjoyment though - it is only "made up stuff" granted, but it builds a foundation to build upon imo).
The trick I suppose was getting me material I would keep on doing. They worked.
APK
P.S.=> I never REALLY 'regretted' the hours spent on reading these & others like them (though I do wish I'd had more 'drive' to dive into more "useful material" that's practical for living though back then - but imo, it can be as DRY AS TOAST & not as "fun" as sci-fi was - I'd probably never have stuck by it were it the other way around especially considering I was only a young boy)... apk
Why are you lying about me? (Score:1)
See subject: I don't drool. I am not siphilitic. I am not a child molester. Stop now. I realize I must've really publicly destroyed you but I don't do that unless I am attacked 1st (like you are doing now). So You brought that on yourself.
* Yes, it's the reason you won't post using your "registered 'luser'" account & instead nigh-constantly harass me by UNIDENTIFIABLE "ne'er-do-well" anonymous posts...
(As you realize I've bookmarked every single time you've attacked me & I've torn you apart, probabl
Would be better yet (Score:3)
I wish there was an archive of Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact, formerly Astounding. That one always seemed liked the thinking man's reader to me. The golden age for me was the 1950s through 1960s into the 1970s.
Murray Leinster, Christopher Anvil, Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Keith Laumer ... those were the days.
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That trend took sway in earnest at Analog in the 70s after starting to bubble up as early as the 60s. Also, I have piles and piles of Science Fiction Book Club titles by femal
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Your wish is my command. Ok, it was someone's command. Here: http://www.freesfonline.de/Mag... [freesfonline.de]. Far from every issue, I'm afraid, but I'm still working my way through after discovering this some years ago.
Olds (Score:3)
I'm not sure that this is news - I downloaded the first year or so of Galaxy from archive.org last November. The irritating thing is that the URLs don't follow a consistent pattern, so I couldn't just curl them to catch up with at my leisure.
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Archive.org became hipsterized in terms of site design some time ago. It used to be very elegantly laid out and you used to be able to actually find things. Bunch of tasteless infants.