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The World of Science Fiction: 1926-1976: The History of a Subculture
| Author: | Lester del Rey |
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Del Rey / Ballantine, 1979 |
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| Book Type: | Non-Fiction |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
The important role Sci-Fi has played in defining modern life is explored in this work edited by a true insider.
Contents include:
- What Science Fiction Is
- The Beginnings of Science Fiction
- The Rise of the Pulps
- The Third Source
- The Age of Wonder 1926-37
- Magazines of Hugo Gernsback
- Dawn of Astounding
- The Crucial Years
- The Active Fan
- The Shaping of the Future
- The Golden Age 1938-49
- Campbell's Astounding
- War and the Bomb
- Proliferation of Magazines
- Science Fiction in Books
- Growth of Fandom
- Reshaping the Future
- The Age of Acceptsance 1950-61
- The Quest for Magic
- The Big Boom
- And the Collapse
- The Magazine Business
- Wider Horizons
- FIAWOL ir FIJAGH?
- Watershed
- The Age of Rebellion 1962-73
- Survivors
- The Torch Passes
- Rebellion
- The New Wave and Art
- Enter: Academe
- The Big Con Game
- The Fifth Age 1974-
- Parrallels and Perspectives
- Fantasy, Buck Rogers and Mr. Spock
- Glossary
- Themes and Variations
- Utopias and Dystopias
- But What Good Is It?
- Mene, Mene, Tekel
- After "Star Wars"
- Index
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