Galaxie N°28 Pre-owned book

Galaxie: when sci-fi ruled the newsstands and blew our minds

Long before the internet, before digital readers, before geeks had the mic — there was Galaxie. A magazine that smelled of pulp paper, space dust, and pure imagination.

Originally born in 1950s America as Galaxy Science Fiction, the French version of Galaxie really took off in 1964, published by OPTAP and quickly becoming the go-to source for quality science fiction in the French-speaking world.

Inside? A treasure trove of translated stories by the giants of the genre: Philip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg, A.E. van Vogt, and so many others. It also shone a light on French authors who’d later become icons in their own right.

Each issue was a trip: bold covers with trippy space art, dense editorial intros, and mind-bending tales that made you question reality. Galaxie was more than a magazine — it was a gateway.

Today, collectors hunt for vintage issues like holy relics. And honestly, flipping through one today feels like activating a forgotten wormhole to a time when the future was printed in two columns, black and white.