Science-fiction Studies, Volume 26, Part 2SFS Publications., 1999 - Science fiction |
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Page 189
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 also
published ...
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 also
published ...
Page 190
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 comments and
...
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 comments and
...
Page 194
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 more ...
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 more ...
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Contents
Gary Westfahl The Popular Tradition of Science Fiction | 187 |
Hassler The Academic Pioneers of Science Fiction | 213 |
Veronica Hollinger Contemporary Trends in Science Fiction | 232 |
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