Nebula Science Fiction, Number 10

About this issue

Nebula Science Fiction, issue 10, edited by Peter Hamilton, contains an editorial note discussing the magazine's story lineup. The issue features "Anachronism" by Charles E. Fritch, a science-fiction comedy about a television actor named Bill Rogers (alias Sergeant Saturn) who commits an embarrassing on-air gaffe during a broadcast. The story is set in a future where television sponsorships dominate popular entertainment. A minor story involves the opening of the tomb of Xylophid on Procyon IV, sponsored by Gummies cereal. Other contents include the novel "Project Starship" by Sydney J. Bounds about interplanetary conflict, and short stories by E.C. Tubb, Geoffrey Humphrys, and Richard P. Ennis. The issue also features regular columns by Kenneth F. Slater and Forrest J. Ackerman, with illustrations by multiple artists.