Transformations [electronic resource] : The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970
Ashley, Mike.
Transformations is the second volume in the three-volume History of the Science-Fiction Magazine . This volume covers the period from 1950 to 1970, which was both a turbulent time in magazine history and, at least in part, the true Golden Age of the science-fiction magazine. It was a period of boom and bust: for a moment the science-fiction magazine dominated the bookstalls and then, at the dawn of the Space Age, many foundered never to recover. It was the time when the pulp magazines folded, when the digest magazine appeared and when science fiction tried to reinvent itself not just once but 
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Title Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1: A Galaxy of Stars; 2: Saturation and Suffocation; 3: The Best of British?; 4: Creative Chaos; 5: Transformations; 6: The Times they are a-Changing; 7: The New Wave; 8: Fantasy versus Reality; 9: Aftermath; Appendix 1: Non-English Language Science-Fiction Magazines; Appendix 2: Summary of Science-Fiction Magazines; Appendix 3: Directory of Magazine Editors and Publishers; Appendix 4: Directory of Magazine Cover Artists; Select Bibliography; Index
Transformations is the second volume in the three-volume History of the Science-Fiction Magazine . This volume covers the period from 1950 to 1970, which was both a turbulent time in magazine history and, at least in part, the true Golden Age of the science-fiction magazine. It was a period of boom and bust: for a moment the science-fiction magazine dominated the bookstalls and then, at the dawn of the Space Age, many foundered never to recover. It was the time when the pulp magazines folded, when the digest magazine appeared and when science fiction tried to reinvent itself not just once but 
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 6, 2014).
Science fiction.
Science fiction, American.
Science fiction, English.
American Literature
English
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