Vol. 35, No. 8, August 1974. Cover art by Wendy Pini illustrating “The Company of Glory” (serial, part 1 of 3) [Tales of a Darkening World] by Edgar Pangborn. ALSO: The Day Before the Revolution [Hainish] by Ursula K. Le Guin; The Gift of Garigolli by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl; Big Black Whole by Steven Utley; Orbitsville (serial, part 3 of 3) by Bob Shaw. FEATURES: Forum: A Cyclical Theory of Science Fiction (essay) by Poul Anderson; “Showcase,” artwork by Stephen Fabian; Galaxy Bookshelf by Theodore Sturgeon; Our Friends the Arabs [A Step Farther Out] essay by Jerry Pournelle; Directions (letters). Additional interior art by Jack Gaughan and others.