Dick Francis is an artist best known for his ''

Galaxy Science Fiction ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Edi ...

'' illustrations during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1951–53, Francis was illustrating for ''

Amazing Stories ''Amazing Stories'' is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearance ...

'', ''

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'' and ''Galaxy''. In the January 1957 issue of ''Galaxy'', Francis illustrated the lead story by

Kris Neville Kris Ottman Neville (May 9, 1925 – December 23, 1980) was an American science fiction writer from California. He was born in St. Louis. His first science fiction work was published in 1949. His most famous work, the novella ''Bettyann'', is ...

, prompting Gabriel Mckee's comment:

It's for Kris Neville's "Moral Equivalent," the lead story in the same issue of ''Galaxy''. The Bible doesn't figure nearly as much in that story as the illustration suggests.

Francis employed a loose, sketchy style that sometimes resembled the illustrational approach of

Ed Emshwiller Edmund Alexander Emshwiller (February 16, 1925 – July 27, 1990) was an American people, American visual artist notable for his science fiction illustrations and his pioneering experimental films. He usually signed his illustrations as Emsh but ...

. Unlike Emshwiller, he did not do covers for ''Galaxy'', only interior illustrations. In the January 1954 issue of ''Galaxy'', the interiors were by Francis, Emshwiller, Don Sibley and Sandy Kossin, and editor

H. L. Gold Horace Leonard Gold (April 26, 1914 – February 21, 1996) was an American science fiction writer and editor. Born in Canada, Gold moved to the United States at the age of two. He was most noted for bringing an innovative and fresh approach to s ...

employed this core group to illustrate for ''Galaxy'' on a regular basis during the 1950s. Francis also contributed to Gold's '' Beyond Fantasy Fiction''. the fantasy companion magazine to ''Galaxy'', beginning with his illustration for

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American list of science fiction authors, science-fiction writer, editor, and science fiction fandom, fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first ...

's "The Ghost Maker" in the January 1954 issue. For ''Beyond'' he also illustrated stories by Theodore R. Cogswell and

Reginald Bretnor Reginald Bretnor (born Alfred Reginald Kahn; July 30, 1911 – July 22, 1992) was an American science fiction editor and author, and contributor on warfare and other subjects, who published substantial work between the 1950s and 1980s. Bretnor w ...

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"Reason" Redux: Galouye's "All Jackson's Children"
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