''Galaxies'' is a science fiction novel written by

Barry N. Malzberg Barry Nathaniel Malzberg (born July 24, 1939) is an American writer and editor, most often of science fiction and fantasy. Biography Malzberg originated from a Jewish family and graduated from Syracuse University in 1960. He worked as an investi ...

. It was first published in 1975. ''Galaxies '' is a metafictional work in which the writing of a science fiction novel becomes entwined with the novel being written. Malzberg expanded his short work '' A Galaxy Called Rome'' into the full-length novel ''Galaxies''.

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Brian Stableford Brian Michael Stableford (born 25 July 1948) is a British academic, critic and science fiction writer who has published more than 70 novels. His earlier books were published under the name Brian M. Stableford, but more recent ones have dropped ...

, date = 1979-01-01 , page = 78 , archiveurl = , archivedate = , accessdate = 2020-04-13 , quote = Foundation14 then featured my review of ''Graven Images'', the anthology containing Malzberg's novelette ''"Choral"'', in which I said that ''"although the expansion of 'A Galaxy Called Rome' into Galaxies worked very well indeed, I think ''Choral'' will be better left as it is. {{cite journal , url = https://online.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/pdf/10.3828/extr.1982.23.2.138 , title = The Contemporaneity of Barry N. Malzberg , journal =

Extrapolation In mathematics, extrapolation is a type of estimation, beyond the original observation range, of the value of a variable on the basis of its relationship with another variable. It is similar to interpolation, which produces estimates between know ...

, author = Michael W. McClintock , date = 1982 , volume = 23 , number = 2 , pages = 138–149 , doi = 10.3828/extr.1982.23.2.138 , archiveurl = , archivedate = , accessdate = 2020-04-13 , quote = On the first page of his novel, ''Galaxies'' (1975), Barry Malzberg specifies a problem which will keep him from finishing. {{cite news , url = https://locusmag.com/2020/03/paul-di-filippo-reviews-providence-by-max-barry/ , title = Paul Di Filippo Reviews Providence by Max Barry , work =

Locus magazine ''Locus: The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field'', founded in 1968, is an American magazine published monthly in Oakland, California. It is the news organ and trade journal for the English-language science fiction and fantasy fields ...

, author = Paul Di Filippo , date = 2020-03-12 , archiveurl = , archivedate = , accessdate = 2020-04-13 , quote = The mediacentric fakeness attendant upon the reality of the war effort and the neurotic tics of the crew are pure Barry Malzberg riffs. One might be reading a successor to Malzberg’s Galaxies or perhaps Moorcock’s The Black Corridor. 1975 American novels 1975 science fiction novels American science fiction novels Metafictional novels Pyramid Books books