The Mechanics of Wonder
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Offering a sustained argument about the idea of science fiction, this volume aims to overturn many received opinions and sacred cows. The author contends that Hugo Gernsback, for decades a derided figure, was the true creator of the genre, and examines the way in which the Gernsback tradition was adopted and modified by later magazine editors and early critics. This involves a re-evaluation of the importance of John W. Campbell to the history of science...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0853235732
ISBN13:9780853235736
Release Date:November 1998
Publisher:Liverpool University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:1.09 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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