Galaxy SCIENCE FICTION Edilor-in-Chief VERA CERUTTI Editor H, L GOLD Art Director W. L VAN DER POEL Advertising Manager GENE MARTINAT Cover by CHESLEY BONESTELL February, 1951 Vol. 1, No. 5 THE FIREMAN By Ray Bradbury . . . AND IT COMES OUT HERE by Lester del Rey THE PROTECTOR ....by Betsy Curtis SECOND CHILDHOOD by Clifford D. Simak TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST by Frank M. Robinson BOOK-LENGTH SERIAL— Installment 2 TYRANN by Isaac Asimov EDITORIAL PAGE by H. L Gold FIVE-STAR SHELF by Groff Conklin