Science-fiction Studies, Volume 26, Part 2SFS Publications., 1999 - Science fiction |
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Gernsback not only regularly connected his ideas to authors now esteemed as science fiction pioneers , like Edgar Allan Poe , Jules Verne , H.G. Wells , and Edward Bellamy ( all listed in his first Amazing Stories editorial ) , but he ...
Gernsback not only regularly connected his ideas to authors now esteemed as science fiction pioneers , like Edgar Allan Poe , Jules Verne , H.G. Wells , and Edward Bellamy ( all listed in his first Amazing Stories editorial ) , but he ...
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for science fiction : the general public , seeking to be entertained ; younger readers , yearning to be educated about science ; and working scientists and inventors , anxious to find some stimulating new ideas . By means of editorial ...
for science fiction : the general public , seeking to be entertained ; younger readers , yearning to be educated about science ; and working scientists and inventors , anxious to find some stimulating new ideas . By means of editorial ...
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Gernsback's goals of entertainment , education , and stimulating ideas , but he also focused on several new purposes : by presenting challenging scientific puzzles to solve , science fiction stories might train young people to think ...
Gernsback's goals of entertainment , education , and stimulating ideas , but he also focused on several new purposes : by presenting challenging scientific puzzles to solve , science fiction stories might train young people to think ...
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A HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION CRITICISM | 161 |
Gary Westfahl The Popular Tradition of Science Fiction | 187 |
Hassler The Academic Pioneers of Science Fiction | 213 |
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