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Then and Now : A Collection of SF

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by Raymond Z. Gallun


  At intervals, there were musical chimes, followed by the calling out of names. Presently those of this pair.

  They stood up, again in their frayed, blue coveralls—their fine clothes left behind, useless and frivolous. Yet not poor, Horton thought, in their shared eagerness and courage, and their natural keeping together. Like few in their restless clan in this struggling age. Solid. A talisman... Aware, too, that within perhaps three hours, they'd be inert cargo ready for the starship awaiting in Earth-orbit.

  Horton walked with them the few steps.

  "You just might come to us again, Chester," Arnold remarked.

  "Yeh—like once before," Horton mused. "Long chance. Within—say—two hundred years?... Unless, by my time, the main goal will be some other star-system than Sirius?... Procyon?..." He paused.

  "Yes, Chet?" the girl prompted. "We have to break the spell—or complete it. Bring the funny, crooked pieces together... No secret—never was. And it has been out, now, for quite a while, in our talk... So the bit we avoided speaking of—because it seemed too weird to accept—too strange to disenchant... Out loud. Plain... Even if we're not quite ready? Last chance..." Her lips were parted.

  It still didn't exactly fit. He—Horton—old. And this smiling, teasing girl. This fierce youth... Though there were clear signs... Something his guts balked at grasping, even yet. In part as if it might offend them. A comedy thing... Yet a dark charm! This impossible becoming common. Best symbol of this wondrous, dangerous, distorted era. To appreciate. Though the risks were more splendid than ever.

  In a moment these two would leave him, for their prolonged, personal Ice Age, and a distant chance. Horton began speaking:

  "Goodbye, good fortune. And is it all right to add—"

  The arcane words had been inscribed playfully on the exchanged gift-packages. Now Horton said them:

  "Gram and Gramps?"

  A hard hand tightened briefly on his shoulder. The rough laugh was almost remembered: "...Some joke, hey, Chester, Old Lad?"

  The girl kissed Horton's cheek lightly.

  "As long as it's true," she said.

  The End

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  Here are five collections of Gallun fiction with no overlap between them:

  The Old Faithful Saga, Raymond Z. Gallun, Renaissance eBooks 2004 (c, ebook) - 46800 words

  Introduction, Jean Marie Stine, (in) *

  Old Faithful [*Old Faithful], (nv) Astounding Dec. 1934 - 14768

  The Son of Old Faithful [*Old Faithful], (nv) Astounding July 1935 - 14207

  Child of the Stars [*Old Faithful], (na) Astounding April 1936 - 17913

  A First Glimpse and Other SF Classics, Raymond Z. Gallun, Renaissance eBooks 2006 (c, ebook) - 94,500 words or so

  Introduction, Jean Marie Stine, (in) *

  Comet’s Burial, (ss) Science Fiction Stories #1 1953 – 6766

  Hotel Cosmos, (ss) Astounding July 1938

  Prodigal’s Aura, (nv) Astounding April 1951

  Stamped Caution, (nv) Galaxy Aug. 1953 – 11618

  Davy Jones’ Ambassador, (nv) Astounding Dec. 1935

  Brother Worlds, (nv) Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb. 1951

  Seeds of the Dusk [*When Earth is Old], (nv) Astounding June 1938 – 10703

  Invaders of the Forbidden Moon, (nv) Planet Stories Summer 1941 – 16507

  A First Glimpse, (nv) Analog Feb. 1980

  Mind Over Matter: A Collection of Short Fiction, Raymond Z. Gallun, Tom's eBooks May 2021 (c, ebook) - 110,900 words

  Introduction, Tom Dean, (in) *

  The Crystal Ray, (ss) Air Wonder Stories Nov. 1929 – 5917

  Space Flotsam, (ss) Astounding Feb. 1934 - 3606

  The Machine from Ganymede, (ss) Astounding Nov. 1934 - 3926

  Mind Over Matter, (ss) Astounding Jan. 1935 - 4324

  Blue Haze on Pluto, (ss) Astounding June 1935 - 4382

  Saturn’s Ringmaster, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec. 1936 – 3881

  Eyes That Watch, (ss) Comet Dec. 1940 - 5449

  The Raiders of Saturn’s Ring, (nv) Planet Stories Fall 1941 - 11941

  Space Oasis, (ss/nv) Planet Stories Fall 1942 - 9579

  The Eternal Wall, (ss) Amazing Nov. 1942 – 4144

  Operation Pumice, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1949 - 5126

  Asteroid of Fear, (nv) Planet Stories March 1951 – 13896

  ü Return of a Legend, (ss) Planet Stories March 1952 - 5529

  ü Big Pill, (nv) Planet Stories Sep. 1952 – 7705

  Captive Asteroid, (nv) Science-Fiction Plus April 1953 - 11231

  Give Back a World, (nv) Planet Stories May 1953 - 8837

  Bonus Story:

  Bright Message, (vi) Collier's Weekly May 18 1946 - 1493

  Godson of Almarlu: A Collection of Science Fiction Novellas, Raymond Z. Gallun, Tom's eBooks May 2021 (c, ebook) - 115,100 words

  Introduction, Tom Dean, (in) *

  The Revolt of the Star Men, (na) Wonder Stories Quarterly Winter 1932 - 27606

  Godson of Almarlu, (na) Astounding Oct. 1936 - 18984

  Fires of Genesis, (na) Astounding March 1937 - 16777

  Iszt—Earthman, (nv) Astounding April 1938 - 16072

  Coffins to Mars [*Demigods], (na) Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1950 - 20015

  Legacy from Mars, (nv) Science Fiction Adventures July 1953 - 15666

  Bibliography of Gallun collections

  Ten (Stories) to the Stars: Another Collection of Short Fiction, Raymond Z. Gallun, Tom's eBooks June

  2021 (c, ebook) - 109,100 words

  Introduction, Tom Dean, (in) *

  P.S.’s Feature Flash, (bg) Planet Stories Summer 1941

  Meet the Authors: Raymond Z. Gallun, (bg) Amazing Stories June 1942

  The Space-Dwellers, (ss) Science Wonder Stories Nov. 1929 - 6259

  Avalanche, (ss) Astounding Dec. 1935 {as by "Dow Elstar"} - 3455

  SFE3: basis for "Dawn of the Demigods", unconfirmed

  Terror Out of the Past, (nv) Amazing Stories March 1940 - 14590

  Stepson of Space, (ss) Astonishing Stories Oct. 1940 - 5687

  The Achilles Heel, (ss) Amazing Stories Nov. 1940 - 3093

  Ten to the Stars, (na) Science Fiction Adventures March 1953 - 22030

  Dawn of the Demigods [*Demigods], (na) Planet Stories Summer 1954 - 25287

  later expanded, as People Minus X, Simon & Schuster 1957 / Ace 1958 - 52500

  Trail Blazer, (ss) Fantastic Story Magazine Fall 1951 - 7218

  A Step Farther Out, (nv) Super Science Stories March 1950 - 13225

  Sort of Like Atlas, (ss) Astro-Adventures #7 April 1989 - 7007

  Bonus Story:

  Final Rite, (vi) Collier's Weekly July 6 1946 - 1294

  Interview: Raymond Gallun, Jeffrey M. Elliot, (iv) Thrust #17 Summer 1981

  Bibliography of Gallun collections

  Then and Now: Another Collection of Science Fiction, Raymond Z. Gallun, Tom's eBooks June 2021

  (c, ebook) - 105,200 words

  Introduction, Tom Dean, (in) *

  The Lunar Chrysalis, (nv) Amazing Sep. 1931 - 14334

  Waves of Compulsion, (nv) Wonder Stories March 1932 - 15929

  Derelict, (ss) Astounding Oct. 1935 - 5303

  Nova Solis, (ss) Astounding Dec. 1935 {as by "E. V. Raymond"} - 5078

  The Scarab, (ss) Astounding Aug. 1936 - 3790

  A Menace in Miniature, (ss) Astounding Oct. 1937 - 6761

  Magician of Dream Valley, (ss) Astounding Oct. 1938 - 5692

  The Shadow of the Veil, (ss) Astounding Feb. 1939 - 4300

  Guardian Angel, (ss) Super Science Stories May 1940 – 5651

  The First Long Journey [*Demigods], (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1951 - 5117

  The Restless Tide [*Demigods], (ss) Marvel Science Fiction Nov. 1951 - 6437

  Double Identity, (nv) Dynamic Science Fiction June 1953 - 14984

  Then and Now [*Demigods], (nv) Analog Dec. 1977 - 11799

 
Bibliography of Gallun collections

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  Other collections by Raymond Z. Gallun:

  The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun, ed. John J. Pierce, Ballantine Aug. 1978 (c, pb)

  Raymond Z. Gallun, The Quiet Revolutionary, John J. Pierce, (in) *

  Old Faithful [*Old Faithful], (nv) Astounding Dec. 1934

  Derelict, (ss) Astounding Oct. 1935

  Davy Jones’ Ambassador, (nv) Astounding Dec. 1935

  Godson of Almarlu, (na) Astounding Oct. 1936

  A Menace in Miniature, (ss) Astounding Oct. 1937

  Seeds of the Dusk [*When Earth is Old], (nv) Astounding June 1938 – 10703

  Hotel Cosmos, (ss) Astounding July 1938

  Magician of Dream Valley, (ss) Astounding Oct. 1938

  The Shadow of the Veil, (ss) Astounding Feb. 1939

  The Lotus-Engine, (ss) Super Science Stories March 1940

  Prodigal’s Aura, (nv) Astounding April 1951

  The Restless Tide [*Demigods], (ss) Marvel Science Fiction Nov. 1951

  Return of a Legend, (ss) Planet Stories March 1952 - 5529

  Afterword, (aw) *

  Beware of a truly piece-of-shit publisher

  that has collected all of Gallun's Project

  Gutenberg fiction into an eBook that it has

  the gall to call The Best of Raymond Z.

  Gallun! These assholes have done the

  same thing to Mack Reynolds and Robert

  Silverberg, among others. Beware!

  Old Faithful and Other Stories: The Best of Raymond Z. Gallun, Volume 1, ed. John Pelan, Ramble House 2012 (c, tp)

  The Golden Age of Gallun, John Pelan, (in) *

  13 Old Faithful [*Old Faithful], (nv) Astounding Dec. 1934

  57 Brother Worlds, (nv) Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb. 1951

  89 Iszt—Earthman, (nv) Astounding April 1938

  137 The Achilles Heel, (ss) Amazing Nov. 1940

  147 Hotel Cosmos, (ss) Astounding July 1938

  165 Prodigal’s Aura, (nv) Astounding April 1951

  195 Bluff Play, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec. 1950

  209 Asteroid of Fear, (nv) Planet Stories March 1951 – 13896

  251 The Eternal Wall, (ss) Amazing Nov. 1942 – 4144

  265 Davy Jones’ Ambassador, (nv) Astounding Dec. 1935

  302

  The 25th Golden Age of SF Megapack: Raymond Z. Gallun, Wildside Press 2015 (c, ebook) - 498 pp. NOOK

  A Note from the Publisher, John Gregory Betancourt, (in) *

  10 The Revolt of the Star Men, (na) Wonder Stories Quarterly Winter 1932 - 27600

  76 The Eternal Wall, (ss) Amazing Nov. 1942 – 4144

  88 Asteroid of Fear, (nv) Planet Stories March 1951 – 13896

  123 Big Pill, (nv) Planet Stories Sep. 1952 – 7705

  144 Return of a Legend, (ss) Planet Stories March 1952 - 5529

  160 Comet’s Burial, (ss) Science Fiction Stories #1 1953 – 6766

  179 Stamped Caution, (nv) Galaxy Aug. 1953 – 11618

  208 People Minus X [*Demigods], Simon & Schuster 1957 (n, hc) / Ace 1958 (dos, pb) - 52500

  expanded from “Dawn of the Demigods”, (na) Planet Stories Summer 1954

  SFE3, unconfirmed: from "Avalanche" (as by "Dow Elstar"), (ss) Astounding Dec. 1935

  334 - The Planet Strappers, Pyramid Oct. 1961 (n, pb) - 65800

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