Format:
Book
Title:
Pioneers of wonder : conversations with the founders of science fiction / Eric Leif Davin.
Author:
Davin, Eric Leif.
Call Number:
813.08 D289pi
Publisher, Date:
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1999.
Description:
405 p., [8] p. of plates : ports. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"Through detailed research and exclusive interviews, Eric Leif Davin takes readers back to the 1920s and 1930s, when Hugo Gernsback, the "father of science fiction," founded the world's first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. Davin recaptures the "sense of wonder" that the early science fiction stories inspired in the minds of its first avid fans."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects:
Science fiction, American -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Interviews.
Science fiction -- Authorship.
Contents:
Foreword / Jack Williamson -- Introduction - Genesis of Wonder: Hugo Gernsback, "Sense of Wonder," and the Birth of Science Fiction -- 1. The Age of Wonder: Gernsback, David Lasser, and Wonder Stories. A Conversation with David Lasser. A Conversation with Charles D. Hornig -- 2. The Silberkleit Years and the Birth of Comic Books: A Further Conversation with Charles D. Hornig -- 3. Stanley G. Weinbaum and Black Margot: A Conversation with Margaret Weinbaum Kay -- 4. From Wisconsin to Mars: A Conversation with Raymond Z. Gallun -- 5. Teenage Author: A Conversation with Frank K. Kelly -- 6. The Science and Science Fiction of R. F. Starzl: A Conversation with Thomas E. Starzl -- 7. The Birth of Science Fiction Books: A Conversation with Lloyd Arthur Eshbach -- 8. From Print to the Screen: A Conversation with Curt Siodmak -- 9. Second Genesis - The Birth of Science Fiction Cinema: Kurt Neumann and "Rocketship X-M" -- 10. The Private History of a Rescue That Failed: Laurence Manning and Sam Moskowitz -- 11. The Birth of Science Fiction History: Sam Moskowitz - The Immortal Historian -- Conclusion - Look Back In Wonder: The Discovery/Birth of a Genre.
ISBN:
1573927023 (alk. paper)