The mechanics of wonder

Liverpool University Press

1998

344 p.

Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 15

9780853235637

AcknowledgementsThe True History of Science Fiction: Introduction'An Idea of Tremendous Import': Hugo Gernsback's Theory of Science Fiction'The Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe Type of Story': Hugo Gernsback's History of Science Fiction'This Unique Document': Hugo Gernsback's Ralph 124C 41+'A Lot of Rays and Bloodshed': Hugo Gernsback's Career as a Science Fiction Editor'Carefully Projected Scientific Thought': Critical Voices between Hugo Gernsback and John W. Campbell, Jr.'A Convenient Symptom of This Stage of Evolution': John W. Campbell, Jr's Theory of Science Fiction'A Characteristic Symptom of This Stage of Evolution': John W. Campbell, Jr. History of Science Fiction'A Full-View Picture of the World That Would Result': Robert A. Heinlein's Beyond This Horizon'Can Openers, Cliches and Case Studies': John W. Campbell, Jr's Career as a Science Fiction Editor'Slow Sculpture': ConclusionWorks CitedIndex

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